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Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges. — Gold Hat · 1948You risk your skin catchin' killers and the juries turn 'em loose so they can come back and shoot at ya again. If you're honest, you're poor your whole life, and in the end you wind up dyin' all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothin'. For a tin star. — Martin Howe · 1952It's a dirty job, enforcing the law; but, it's what we're supposed to be doing, isn't it? — Mike Vargas · 1958Police2 quotes
Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges. — Gold Hat · 1948You risk your skin catchin' killers and the juries turn 'em loose so they can come back and shoot at ya again. If you're honest, you're poor your whole life, and in the end you wind up dyin' all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothin'. For a tin star. — Martin Howe · 1952Authority1 quote
Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges. — Gold Hat · 1948Law1 quote
It's a dirty job, enforcing the law; but, it's what we're supposed to be doing, isn't it? — Mike Vargas · 1958Rule of law1 quote
It's a dirty job, enforcing the law; but, it's what we're supposed to be doing, isn't it? — Mike Vargas · 1958