More - Curtis Sliwa Quotes

We were able to achieve a lot without any political or police support. It just makes a tough job ten times tougher to do, but it can still be done.

Curtis Sliwa

 

This has got to be a nightmare, ... I haven't woken up yet.

Curtis Sliwa

 Nightmare

It's a disgrace to see my church giving Holy Communion to a man who helped lead a reign of terror. What is the message? You kill, you maim, you commit crime, and you gain sanctuary. It's shameful.

Curtis Sliwa

 

I can only warn you as a message ... if you choose to do nothing, if you choose to accept the status quo, things will ... get worse.

Curtis Sliwa

 

It's ironic . . . where we have no intention of setting up, (the chief) has extended an invitation to meet on Monday to find out more about us because he's curious.

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Now I'm going to have to do a lot of rope-a-dope, never go the same way at the same time to the same places,

Curtis Sliwa

 

The anger that I had going into the first trial was stifled because I had a chance to tell my story. I was like an MX missile waiting to go off. Now I'm more like a can of deodorant.

Curtis Sliwa

 Anger

What we do best is we target the young men and women who are on the fringe. They could go either way. Maybe they have been in trouble before, but not serious trouble. ... We cherry-pick them and circumvent them away from the gang members and drug dealers ... (and encourage) them to hang out with us and become a Guardian Angel.

Curtis Sliwa

 

I?m lucky to still be breathing and not be room temperature.

Curtis Sliwa

 

We hope to get a foot patrol out. For a very small city, Newburgh has some severe and intense problems.

Curtis Sliwa