Law enforcement quotes

“There are a lot of interests in this town. FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, IRS. Right now they're scared of you.”

Albert Finney - Chief of Staff

“I'm going to arrest her for disturbing the peace... pause... in my pants!”
Peter Dante - Officer Dante

“- Deke DaSilva: I don't need a vacation.
- Lt. Munafo: Yes, you do. Now, they need someone who knows the local rat holes and you're nominated. Anything goes down, you're the man.
- Deke DaSilva: You mind telling me where this came from?
- Lt. Munafo: From the Commissioner, and he got it from Washington. They're sending a specialist from...” (continue)(continue reading)

Sylvester Stallone - Deke DaSilva
Joe Spinell - Lt. Munafo

“- Gerry Boyle: There were gay lads in the IRA?
- Colum Hennessey: Mmm... one or two. It was the only way we could successfully infiltrate the MI5.”
Brendan Gleeson - Gerry Boyle
Pat Shortt - Colum Hennessey

“- Jack Benteen: You know, Hank, the next thing, you're gonna be complaining about the state legislature making women a Ranger. You know that.
- Sheriff Hank Pearson: Hell, I don't care, as long as she's six-foot-six, mean as a snake. State legislature.”
Nick Nolte - Jack Benteen
Rip Torn - Sheriff Hank Pearson

“- Captain Donnelly: You know what this is, Callahan? It's a bill for a TV camera and lens. When I told you to stop wrecking our cars, I didn't mean go out and find something else to destroy!
- Harry Callahan: They were interfering with an official investigation, Sir.
- Lt. Ackerman: Don't give us that. Is this your idea of cooperation with the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Michael Currie - Captain Donnelly
Clint Eastwood - Harry Callahan
Michael Goodwin - Lt. Ackerman

“Most people respect the badge. Everyone respects the gun.”
Robert De Niro - Turk

“- F.B.I Agent: Mr. Gotti, I am with the F.B.I.
- John Gotti: You know what F.B.I. stands for don't you?
- F.B.I Agent: Why don't you tell me.
- John Gotti: Forever Bother the Italians.”
Armand Assante - John Gotti

“I smell bullshit.”
R. Lee Ermey - Sheriff Hoyt

“- FBI Agent Neeley: Listen Toscani, I want to congratulate you. You just made number 4 on the most wanted list.
- Nico Toscani: Number 4? I wanna be number 1.”
Nicholas Kusenko - FBI Agent Neeley
Steven Seagal - Nico Toscani

“That is pitiful! That is goddamn pitiful! How long you been shootin'? What are you going to do if you catch a perp running out of a liquor store, wave your written exam scores at him?”

James Caan - Matthew Sykes

“- Sir Roger Daggenhurst: What are you doing with one of our communicators, Cochran?
- Chief Insp. Cockburn: This man refused to provide me with any identification.
- Sir Roger Daggenhurst: Of course he didn't provide you with any identification. He's a secret agent.”
Richard Wilson - Sir Roger Daggenhurst
Malcolm Storry - Chief Ins. Cockburn

“- Mona Stangley: You ain't never gonna be no more than you are right now: a chicken-shit sheriff in a chicken-shit town!
- Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd: You may be right, but it's a hell of a lot better than being a whore.”
Dolly Parton - Mona Stangley
Burt Reynolds - Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd

“- Security Guard 1: Excuse me, Sir. I wonder if you wouldn't mind coming back with us?
- Security Guard 2: Only we think you may have left the store without paying for an item.”
Geoff Bell - Security Guard 1
Gary J. Tunnicliffe - Security Guard 2

- Harold Lee: So what are you in here for?
- Tarik: For being black.
- Harold Lee: Seriously.
- Tarik: I am serious. You wanna know what happened? I was walking out of a Barnes & Noble, and a cop stops me. Now evidently, a black guy robbed a store in Newark. I told him, "I haven't even been to Newark in months". So he starts beating me with his... (continue)(continue reading)
John Cho - Harold Lee
Gary Anthony Williams - Tarik

“He got your gun... your badge... and your teeth? You are a disgrace to the police force.”
Paul Gleason - Sgt. Frank Lackley

“- Bryant: Stop right where you are! You know the score, pal. You're not cop, you're little people!
- Rick Deckard: No choice, huh?
- Bryant: No choice, pal.”

M. Emmet Walsh - Bryant
Harrison Ford - Rick Deckard

“- Swiss Border Guard: Our orders are to check everyone's papers, even children.
- Sophie: Couldn't you relax the rules for a bit? All he wants to do is to come into your country and overthrow the government and then rush right out again.”

Matt Patresi - Swiss Border Guard
Joan Plowright - Sophie

“- Dutch: What's the matter? The CIA got you pushing too many pencils? Had enough?
- Dillon: Make it easy on yourself, Dutch.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger - Dutch
Carl Weathers - Dillon

“- Warren Earp: Wyatt, you're still a marshal around here, aren't you?
- Doc Holliday: Sure. But now he's going to be a marshal and an outlaw. Best of both worlds, son.”
Jim Caviezel - Warren Earp
Dennis Quaid - Doc Holliday

“Calling that collection of piranhas a community is one of life's ironies.”

Gene Hackman - David Brice

“FBI don't put you on their Ten-Most-Wanted list till they know where you are and how long you're gonna be there.”
J.J. Johnston - Jilly Curran

“We're reviving a canceled undercover police program from the '80s and revamping it for modern times. The guys in charge of this stuff lack creativity and are completely out of ideas, so all they do now is recycle shit from the past and expect us all not to notice.”
Nick Offerman - Deputy Chief Hardy

“- Susan: I cannot put Bonnie in a position where she doesn't know if her father's gonna come home alive.
- John Moss: I understand. Sure. Cops are too angry, too violent... too risky to care about... until you need one. Then we're the Second Coming, aren't we? I understand that one all right.”
Annabella Sciorra - Susan
James Woods - John Moss

“- Jamie: You know too much. One of the first things you tought me is that nobody just walks away from the CIA.
- Malone: Watch me.”

Lauren Hutton - Jamie
Burt Reynolds - Malone