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Brain teaser. Mystery quote by famous lawman.
April 16, 2015
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Posted on 04/16/2015 9:42:09 PM PDT by concernedcitizen76
I'm quite partial to the old-fashioned sentiment expressed by this lawman. Who said this? Major kudos to whoever knows correct answer. It's not an easy one.
Hint #1: "Go west, young man." -Horace Greeley
Hint #2: In his day, police were commonly known as peace officers.
Hint #3: His officers would have cruised in cars like this one. 
"Good evening, friends. In dealing with the public, the average policeman finds that every man has an inherent spark of honor which never dies, no matter how much he disagrees with society's concepts of right or wrong. Twenty-two years of police work has not outlasted this conviction in my own heart, and I have found in this work the innumerable situations justifying this belief in human beings. The successful police officer makes it a policy to deal with the criminal element first as man to man, treating him as a free man with the age-old theory that every person is deemed to be innocent until proved to be guilty."
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To: concernedcitizen76
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posted on
04/16/2015 9:44:51 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: concernedcitizen76
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posted on
04/16/2015 9:48:10 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: concernedcitizen76
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posted on
04/16/2015 9:50:14 PM PDT
by
null and void
(He who kills a tyrant (i.e. an usurper) to free his country is praised and rewarded ~ Thomas Aquinas)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
Not a bad guess. The era is dead on. Since you mentioned it, there is a coincidence between this mystery lawman’s name and another one close to Purvis.
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posted on
04/16/2015 9:50:15 PM PDT
by
concernedcitizen76
(Term limits. Repeal the 16th and 17th amendments. Sunset bureaucracies.)
To: concernedcitizen76
To: Vendome
Nice one. It certainly does sound like something Sheriff Andy Taylor would say. However, the mystery lawman preceded Andy by some years, though.
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posted on
04/16/2015 9:55:02 PM PDT
by
concernedcitizen76
(Term limits. Repeal the 16th and 17th amendments. Sunset bureaucracies.)
To: concernedcitizen76
I’m probably wayyyy off, but...J. Edgar Hoover?
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posted on
04/16/2015 9:55:31 PM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Ex-Democrat, and NotforJeb. Just so we're clear.)
To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
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posted on
04/16/2015 9:57:04 PM PDT
by
concernedcitizen76
(Term limits. Repeal the 16th and 17th amendments. Sunset bureaucracies.)
To: DemforBush
Hoover is not the mystery lawman, but refer to post #5 nevertheless.
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posted on
04/16/2015 9:59:33 PM PDT
by
concernedcitizen76
(Term limits. Repeal the 16th and 17th amendments. Sunset bureaucracies.)
To: concernedcitizen76
Frank Hamer is another that comes to mind.
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posted on
04/16/2015 10:03:15 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: concernedcitizen76
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posted on
04/16/2015 10:11:15 PM PDT
by
VerySadAmerican
(Obama voters are my enemy. And so are RINO voters.)
To: concernedcitizen76
?
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posted on
04/16/2015 10:12:08 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: concernedcitizen76
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04/16/2015 10:13:55 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: concernedcitizen76
How about another hint?
Border patrol?
To: concernedcitizen76
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posted on
04/16/2015 10:27:47 PM PDT
by
Bob434
To: concernedcitizen76
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posted on
04/16/2015 10:43:00 PM PDT
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(Eee eee eee Oooh ooh ooh .....{ Curious George } to the man in the yellow hat !)
To: concernedcitizen76
I doubt very much that this lawman would hold these thoughts very long after working in an Amish community of most any eastern city.
To: concernedcitizen76
Just guessing ... Wyatt Earp, in his later days in California? Most folks don’t realize he passed away in 1929. A long and full life.
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posted on
04/16/2015 11:03:42 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(My hypocrisy goes only so far)
To: concernedcitizen76
As a guess—and to introduce him to many folks who don’t know about him:
William. W. Sterling, long-time Texas Ranger who rose to become very well-known nationally as Attorney General of Texas in the 30s.
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posted on
04/16/2015 11:15:52 PM PDT
by
wildbill
(If you check behind the shower curtain for a murderer, and find one.... what's yoIur plan?)
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