Quotes by Frank Rizzo

“A conservative is a liberal who got mugged the night before”

“The streets are safe in Philadelphia, its only the people who make them unsafe.”

“After being accused of bribery (patronage jobs in exchange for being able to name candidates for District Attorney and City Controller) by Democratic City Chairman Peter Camiel, and being challenged by the Philadelphia Daily News to a lie detector test with himself, Commerce Director Harry Belinger, and Camiel, Rizzo accepted and said, if this machine says a man lied, he lied. After the machine showed that Belinger and Rizzo were lying and Camiel was not, and he was asked about what he thought of lie detectors, he said, that machine is full of crap.”

“Hes a wealthy man. He doesnt need politics. He doesnt need people to wine and dine him, ... Im not ashamed to say its never affected my relationship with him.”

“These little cars went like hell, ... About 35 to 50 miles an hour around a course at the art museum.”

“Brian and I will vote for some kind of smoking ordinance while Jack is against it,”

“Id be really surprised if it turns out to be anything other than that,”

“We were seeing signs of this during practice all year, ... We finally put it together, and weve created the holes and Matt has made people miss. Its a good feeling. Things are rolling a bit and we hope it continues.”

“Most dont last past 50 on the job. Theyll move on to building inspection or another related field.”