Frank Serpico famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity.
-- Frank Serpico

#Children #Believe #Fighting
Cops today are nothing but an armed tax collector
-- Frank Serpico

#Today #Cop #Taxes
Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to be a crime.
-- Frank Serpico

#President #Speech #Today
I'm retarded - I mean I'm retired.
-- Frank Serpico

#Mean #Retarded #Retired
The problem is that the atmosphere does not yet exist in which honest police officers can act without fear of ridicule or reprisal from fellow officers.
-- Frank Serpico

#Police #Atmosphere #Doe
The reality is that we do not wash our own laundry - it just gets dirtier.
-- Frank Serpico

#Reality #Laundry
I used to think, 'How can I write my life story? I'm still living it.
-- Frank Serpico

#Writing #Thinking #Stories
The blue wall will always be there because the system supports it.
-- Frank Serpico

#Wall #Blue #Support
The whole f**king system is corrupt.
-- Frank Serpico

#Kings

I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.
There is no wonder more supernatural and divine in the life of a believer than the mystery and ministry of prayer...the hand of the child touching the arm of the Father and moving the wheel of the universe.
When we look at a child, we see that sense of fullness, of intrinsic aliveness, of joy in being, is not the result of something else. There is value in just being oneself, it is not because of something one does or doesn't do. It is there in the beginning, when we are children, but slowly it gets lost.
Behave in life as at a dinner party. Is anything brought around to you? Put out your hand and take your share with moderation. Does it pass by you? Do not stop it. Is it not yet come? Do not stretch your desire towards it, but wait till it reaches you. Do this with regard to children, to a spouse, to public post, to riches, and you will eventually be a worthy guest at the feast of life.
Inculcating the various competing - competing, note - falsehoods of the major faiths into small children is a form of child abuse, and a scandal.
Baseball has the largest library of law and love and custom and ritual, and therefore, in a nation that fundamentally believes it is a nation under law, well, baseball is America's most privileged version of the level field.
I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
Is there a chance? A fragment of light at the end of the tunnel? A reason to fight? Is there a chance you may change your mind? Or are we ashes and wine?
A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.
I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.

Frank Serpico famous quotes

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