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I was taught to work hard and to be honest, and that's what I try to do, so that's it.

Joe Arpaio

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Joe Arpaio
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: June 14
Politician
Sheriff
Springfield
Massachusetts
Joseph M. Arpaio
Joseph Michael Arpaio
Taught
Honest
Hard
Trying
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I'm a very private person, regardless of what the world may think of me.
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You get so tired of political correctness. I'm noted for speaking out all my career.
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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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I just can't surrender. I can't start something and then surrender because of political reasons. I just don't do that, and that goes back to me, why I keep running when I should probably take it easy, even though I have no hobbies, and enjoy the rest of my life.
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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 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'm not a computer guy. I have my Smith Corona. I would know nothing about computers.
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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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I don't look at me taking risks or if that's going to affect me politically.
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Look at Israel. Israel is a great country for examples on how to do security.
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I don't bow down to the federal government.
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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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Some people call me a publicity hound.
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I believe Donald Trump is the best guy for president and I'm not going to shy away and I take the risk. I could just stay home and don't talk about any candidate.
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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 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 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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You make deals in business and in government if you're smart.
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I love the president Donald Trump. He supports law enforcement and I'm very humbled. I said publicly, recently, pardon or no pardon, I will be with him until the end.
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I'm an equal-opportunity law-enforcement guy - I lock everybody up.
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