When you see a white guy at three in the morning on your beat in an alley, you kind of - "What's this guy doing here?"

This is the sheriff you’re talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me from cracking down on illegal immigration as long as the laws are there.

Maybe today you could have shot anybody and get away with it. So there's many times, I could have killed people. Legally, I could have killed many people, especially working undercover.

I'm an equal-opportunity law-enforcement guy - I lock everybody up.

If you come across illegal aliens committing crimes, other crimes, you deport them.

I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government.

Everything I did in the jails - chain gangs, everything - I haven't changed the policy. I did it, I stand by it, and I'm not going to change.

We learn by our problems. We correct our deficiencies if there are any.

I don't use e-mail or u-mail or whatever it's called.

Some people call me a publicity hound.

I get a lot of calls from families and people who have served time and they say, 'Thank you, Sheriff. I hate the tents.' That's music to my ears.

One cannot use the life to interpret the work. But One can use the work to interpret the life.

I’ve got more faith in my shotgun than any man, that’s for sure.

In this life and death case, I felt Mrs. Schiavo should receive the fullest due process from our legal system.

The poor know they are in need.

I was that 'awkward-didn't-understand-his body-kind of-uncomfortable teen.'

I was born and raised in the Bay Area. It's the place I got a deep, deep affection for.

A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, 'What comes of itself, let it come.

Almost anything can be dealt with if people are of good will and light hearts and strong values.

Every child I know who overcame long odds and grew into a responsible adult can point to an adult who stepped into his or her life as a FRIEND, a MENTOR, and a GUIDE.

I don't have to shoot from more than two feet. I'm top 50. I've got 23,000 from where I shoot.