Law enforcement quotes

Now, repeat after me: "Homosexuality is the best all-round cover an agent ever had".
Peter Boretski - Creature Voices

“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say ain't gonna be much.”
Mel Gibson - Martin Riggs

“You have robbed the people of Tombstone of a precious resource. Fred White was a brave lawman, a loving husband and father, a loyal friend and a good man which you, Curly Bill Brocius, are not.”
John Lawlor - Judge Spicer

“- Sarah: If we think it's him, you shouldn't go.
- Hank: Why not?
- Sarah: Because he's going to shoot all three of you, Hank. As soon as he sees the plane. That's why he wants you to go, so he can get rid of the witnesses.
- Hank: But if he's really from the FBI, and I don't show up, it's gonna look as suspicious as hell.”

Bridget Fonda - Sarah
Bill Paxton - Hank

“- ATF Agent Bork: Chief, you know that guy whose camper they were whacking off in?
- ATF Agent Flemming: Bork, you're a Federal Agent. You represent the United States government. Never end a sentence with a preposition.”
Greg Kinnear - ATF Agent Bork
Robert Stack - ATF Agent Flemming

“It's all about honour and respect with these head-banging nationalist outfits.”
Louis Emerick - Trevor

“- FBI Agent: Don't worry, we'll protect you.
- Dr. Eugene Sands: Yeah, I saw your work at Ruby Ridge.”
Al Ahlf - FBI Agent
David Duchovny - Dr. Eugene Sands

“- Cpl. Jefferson: The Pentagon called, sir.
- Col. John T. Hall: Pentagon? How did they get my number?”
Cheryl Francis Harrington - Cpl. Jefferson
Dan Aykroyd - Col. John T. Hall

- Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec: I'm out of ammo!
- Daniel Morales: Who cares? Look at the room! There's no one here.
- Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec: Oh my, they're gone!
- Daniel Morales: "Oh my, they're gone!". Let me ask you a question: do your interrogations always end up like this, or are you just trying to impress me?
- Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec:... (continue)(continue reading)

Frédéric Diefenthal - Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec
Samy Naceri - Daniel Morales

“I'm not an agent, I just write books for the CIA.”
Alec Baldwin - Jack Ryan

Last January, I finally singed Martin Whistler out on one of the rim planets. Since then, I've been hunting down the last of his murdering cult. We call them "Trancers" slaves to Whistler's psychic power. Not really alive, not dead enough. It's July now, and I'm tired. Real tired.
Tim Thomerson - Jack Deth

“I never gave a ticket to a nun before. I gave a ticket to a guy from the IRS one time. Got audited the next year. I'll tell you what, this time I'll let this one slide, but keep your speed down, yeah?”

Clancy Brown - State Trooper

“- Dick Gordon: National Security Agency.
- Bishop: Ah. You're the guys I hear breathing on the other end of my phone.
- Dick Gordon: No, that's the FBI. We're not chartered for domestic surveillance.
- Bishop: Oh, I see. You just overthrow governments. Set up friendly dictators.
- Dick Gordon: No, that's the CIA. We protect our government's...” (continue)(continue reading)
Timothy Busfield - Dick Gordon
Robert Redford - Bishop

“There are five basic contaminants in a crime scene. I'll skip to the worse one. Other cops.”
Denzel Washington - Lincoln Rhyme

“- Bob Morton: What are your prime directives?
- Robocop: Serve the public trust, protect the innocent, uphold the law.”
Miguel Ferrer - Bob Morton
Peter Weller - Robocop

“- Sheriff Stan Watkins: You won the election. Congratulations. But we do have a tradition of professional courtesy up here. And I can personally vouch for each and every one of these men. They're good deputies.
- Chris Vaughn: You're all fired.”

Michael Bowen - Sheriff Stan Watkins
The Rock - Chris Vaughn

“- Kaplan: I don't like it any more than you do, Reed, but listen.
- Sergeant Warren Reed: You listen to me, you asshole! You're talking about shutting down a major metropolitan police force! Without cops, this city would tear itself apart!”
Del Zamora - Kaplan
Robert DoQui - Sergeant Warren Reed

“Well, you know, in Mexico, law enforcement is an entrepreneurial activity. Not so much in the states, anyway, we, uh... We hire drivers with nothing and throw a lot of product at the problem. Some gets stopped, enough gets through. It's not difficult. Look, boys, this has worked for years, okay. It's going to continue to work for years.”
Don Cheadle - Montel Gordon

“- Matt Hunter: Tell me something John, what are you going to do when the social security people find out you've been moonlighting?
- John Eagle: Ain't found out about my air boat business. Been doing it for 40 years.
- Matt Hunter: That's probably because you haven't made a profit in the last thirty-nine.”
Chuck Norris - Matt Hunter
Dehl Berti - John Eagle

“- Lori: What are you? C.I.A., Mafia?
- Wallace Ritchie: Both.”
Joanne Whalley - Lori
Bill Murray - Wallace Ritchie

You call a three star general, "Man?" What are you going to call him next? "Dude?"
Frank Military - Doc Lee Bernard

“- Professor Plum: Is there gonna be a cover up?
- Wadsworth: Isn't that in the public interest? What could be gained by exposure?
- Professor Plum: But is the FBI in the habit of cleaning up after a multiple murder?
- Wadsworth: Yes. Why do you think it's run by a man called Hoover?”
Chris Lloyd - Professor Plum
Tim Curry - Wadsworth

“At Security Concepts, we're projecting the end of crime in Old Detroit within forty days. There's a new guy in town. His name is RoboCop.”
Miguel Ferrer - Bob Morton

“We live this job. It's something we are, not something we do! Every time a cop walks up to a car and has to give a speeding ticket, he know he may have to kill someone or be killed himself.”
James Woods - John Moss

“Wherever the informant leads, it is our responsibility to follow him in a fluid moving perimeter.”
Doug E. Doug - Agent Zeke Kelso