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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.
Joe Arpaio
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Joe Arpaio
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: June 14
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Springfield
Massachusetts
Joseph M. Arpaio
Joseph Michael Arpaio
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The young people when I go to McDonald's, the Hispanic clerks will come by, 'Sheriff, can we have a picture?' over and over again. At least they want a picture with me.
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I think it doesn't matter what color you are. Everybody is getting the - getting the stick, and I'm sure Trump feels the same way.
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I even used to stop vehicles going through stop signs, even though I was walking.
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I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government.
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I'm an equal-opportunity law-enforcement guy - I lock everybody up.
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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.
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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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Now everybody is mafia. You got the Russian mafia, the Mexican mafia. Everybody is mafia these days.
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I'm a very private person, regardless of what the world may think of me.
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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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Look at Israel. Israel is a great country for examples on how to do security.
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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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You get so tired of political correctness. I'm noted for speaking out all my career.
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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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I don't look at me taking risks or if that's going to affect me politically.
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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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If they [mexicans] cross the border, I think, and they are violating the law, then that word criminal does connect with that violation, so if they're violating the law, I guess you can call them criminals. We call everybody else criminals that violate the law.
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