Russell Pearce Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Illegal is not a race, it is a crime.”

“One of the things I'm always proud of is 'Promises made, promises kept.' I've never ever not done what I've said I'm going to do.”

“In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution to enforce violations of the federal immigration laws.”

“An estimated 9,000 American citizens are killed every year by illegal aliens. That's 25 American citizens per day killed by illegal aliens, averaging 12 by stabbings and shootings and 13 by DUI and related crimes.”

“In Arizona we have passed laws to free our people so that they can defend themselves and their loved ones. You cannot predict where evil will raise its head, but you can be prepared for it.”

“Washington, D.C. is what is broken, not the immigration policies. We have good laws. We have people suffer every day because of government's failure to enforce the law and be respectful to the process we have. We have a pathway to citizenship already in place.”

“Good people can disagree - all you want is honesty, because you know, if I disagree, I'm willing to debate you on that, and then let the public decide what's good policy and bad policy.”

“I mean, that's a sad day in America when you're recalled because you did what you said you were going to do, and the public voted you in to do that.”

“It takes four private-sector jobs to support every public-sector employee.”

“No matter how many lawyers and lawsuits Obama throws at Arizona, we will have the American people and the Constitution on our side.”