Law enforcement quotes

Every policeman knows when he joins the force that there are certain inherent risks that come with the territory. Ask any cop, he'll tell ya, "If you can't stand the heat, you better stay out of the kitchen".
Ronny Cox - Dick Jones

“Somebody call a cop! I mean another cop... besides me!”
Michael J. Fox - Nick Lang

- Ethan Shaw: No, ARIIA, listen to me, you do not have permission to exceed your authority and act independently. Do you understand?
- ARIIA: The Declaration of Independence states: "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive to it's own ends, it is the right of the People to abolish it".
Shia LaBeouf - Jerry Shaw
Julianne Moore - ARIIA

“- Gerry Boyle: This is a Gaelic speaking region. Did they not teach you that at Langley?
- FBI agent Wendell Everett: No, they did not teach us that at Langley. For the simple fact that Langley is the CIA, you idiot, not the FBI!”
Brendan Gleeson - Gerry Boyle
Don Cheadle - FBI Agent Wendell Everett

“- Ryan Mitchell: We lost three really good men out there today - they were friends of mine.
- Adm. Frank Peterson: You also eliminated an enemy power plant and munitions dump, to say nothing of a cocaine plantation. Ron and Nancy are going to be very proud of you.”
Costas Mandylor - Ryan Mitchell
William Sadler - Adm. Frank Peterson

“- Eddie Valentine: If the Feds take me, I'm taking you with me. I'm gonna tell you everthing.
- Neville Sinclair: Who are they going to believe? A cheap crook, or the number-three box-office star in America?”
Paul Sorvino - Eddie Valentine
Timothy Dalton - Neville Sinclair

If Mr. Chang were on your property and he was leaning on you, I'd ask him to leave, and then if he didn't do it fast enough, I'd pull my gun out of its holster; just like this, and shout, "Do we have an understanding or do you want to see if you can breathe through your forehead?".

Christian Slater - George Kuffs

“This is a device enabling the drunken driver to operate in absolute safety. You fill this with piss, take this pipe down the trouser and sellotape this valve to the end of the old chap. Then you get horribly drunk and they can't fucking touch you. According to these instructions, you refuse everything but a urine sample. You undo your valve and...” (continue)(continue reading)
Richard R. Grant - Withnail

“Shouldn't we be avoiding law enforcement? I never saw an episode of 'Matlock' where the criminal banged Matlock!”
Matthew Broderick - Mr. Fitzhugh

“Being an intelligence officer destroys all faith in human nature.”
Cedrick Webster Hardwicke - Admiral Bowen

- Travis: Listen to me, Karl. I think maybe this Parsons woman has been telling the truth.
- Karl Carruthers: You're not a law professor anymore, Travis. You're barely even a parole officer. So stop playing "Mission Impossible".

Tommy Lee Jones - Travis
Ben Bode - Karl Carruthers

“If you can't protect the integrity of the system, then there is no system.”
Clint Eastwood - Terry McCaleb

“- Larry Musgrove: I got a question.
- Sheriff Tom Palmer: That's great! Great, participation! Fire away, big guy!
- Larry Musgrove: While you're here, who's giving out speeding tickets and scooping dead animals off the highway?
- Sheriff Tom Palmer: All right, no more questions.”
Patrick Renna - Larry Musgrove
Steve Guttenberg - Sheriff Tom Palmer

“- Angela de Marco: God, you people work just like the mob! There's no difference.
- Regional Director Franklin: Oh, there's a big difference, Mrs. de Marco. The mob is run by murdering, thieving, lying, cheating psychopaths. We work for the President of the United States of America.”
Michelle Pfeiffer - Angela de Marco
Trey Wilson - Regional Director Franklin

“Not to go after criminals because they might try to harm you is really not a policy of the FBI.”
Richard Jenkins - Robert Grace

“Nothing better for a prosecutor than a criminal with a sense of history. Everything got written down. Who they killed, and what it cost. Meticulous record-keepers.”
Leland Orser - Bernie

“The CIA didn't know the Berlin Wall was coming down until bricks started hitting them in the head.”
Bruce Willis - General William Devereaux

“When the system's threatened, they'll do anything to defend it.”

Susan Sarandon - Melanie

“A good agent doesn't need gadgets. The only gadgets I've ever needed are a sharp eye, sensitive hearing and a whole bunch of bigger brains.”
Rowan Atkinson - Johnny English

“- Agent Lindsey Perez: [after Rigg walks out] Who's he?
- Lt. Mark Hoffman: Lieutenant Rigg, the SWAT commander.
- Agent Peter Strahm: What's his problem?
- Lt. Mark Hoffman: Everyone around him keeps dying.”
Athena Karkanis - Agent Lindsey Perez
Costas Mandylor - Lt. Mark Hoffman
Scott Patterson - Agent Peter Strahm

“Since you've insisted on me staying, you should know I intend to do my job by the book which means we don't run errands, we don't make snacks and we don't check our guns at the door. Now if you don't like any of this, I suggest you call Washington and get yourself a new man.”

Nicolas Cage - Doug Chesnic

“For most problems the Marine is issued a solution. If ill, go to sickbay. If wounded, call a Corpsman. If dead, report to graves registration. If losing his mind no standard solution exists.”
Jake Gyllenhaal - Anthony 'Swoff' Swofford

“Shit, man. I didn't want for this to happen. I tried for it not to happen; Navy's got rules about it not happening but it's like this force that's got hold of me... I love her.”
Josh Lucas - Lt. Ben Gannon

“- Ethan Hunt: I'm part of an agency... called the IMF.
- Julia: What's that stand for?
- Ethan Hunt: Impossible Mission Force.”
Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt
Michelle Monaghan - Julia

“- Marshal Nalhober: Sheriff Dent. I just want to shake your hand. I wish there were more men like you in law enforcement. You are one big dick cop.
- Sheriff Chappy Dent: Thank you.”
Ronald Francis Perlman - Nalhober
William H. Macy - Chappy