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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.
Joe Arpaio
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Joe Arpaio
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: June 14
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Joseph M. Arpaio
Joseph Michael Arpaio
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A ‘liberal paradise’ would be a place where everybody has guaranteed employment, free comprehensive health care, free education, free food, free housing, free clothing, free utilities and only law enforcement personnel have guns. And, believe it or not, such a liberal utopia does indeed exist. ... It’s called prison.
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I'm not interested in Vice President. I'm hanging around Arizona. I'm running again for Sheriff.
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I have compassion, I've told you people that over and over again. Enforcing the law overrides my compassion.
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I don't bow down to the federal government.
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There's a lot of other [than Donald Trump] people that say things you may call insulting, but no one seems to care about that.
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I even used to stop vehicles going through stop signs, even though I was walking.
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I don't care where [Ted] Cruz comes from. I don't care where the President comes from. Day one, I opened an investigation on a fraudulent government Hawaii document, period, on a birth certificate, so if you can say Cruz has fake documents, okay.
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I can get along great with the Hispanics. In fact, I sure would like to meet them, even the politicians, maybe in the back room or whatever, have a couple of beers and try to explain. But they need to understand that I enforce the laws. I want to listen to them and hear their problems. I want them to tell me what their problems are.
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It takes a lot of work to do this every day, every day, but I feel, as a sheriff, I should get to know my people. I serve them. They don't serve me. I serve them. They're my bosses, and the more people I can see and talk to, I love it.
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Many times, when you go to arrest somebody, they pull their gun, and here I am, a federal agent, telling them to drop their gun. But the gun is like that. I give them a split second to drop it, and they drop it. I could have shot them - who is going to complain?
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I'm an equal-opportunity law-enforcement guy - I lock everybody up.
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Look at Israel. Israel is a great country for examples on how to do security.
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You get so tired of political correctness. I'm noted for speaking out all my career.
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I'm not a computer guy. I have my Smith Corona. I would know nothing about computers.
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You make deals in business and in government if you're smart.
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But believe me, there's a lot I'd like to say - but I don't think the time is right now.
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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.
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You know why you have to give [Donald] Trump credit, whether you don't like him or not? He opened the door.Now there's a lot of talk about immigration. That's good. Nobody wanted to talk about it.
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