Bernard Kerik Quotes

#1. It is quick to over punish and uninterested in rewarding good behavior. What would we say about an individual who had these characteristics? Mean? Cruel? Heartless? Mindless? Hypocritical? Stupid?

Bernard B. Kerik

#2. Witness state is not a mental state, it is a state of a spiritual ascent where you become a witness. Best way to practice witness state is not to criticize anyone.

Nirmala Srivastava

#3. That infamous day was the most powerful reminder I have ever been given that you should never take life for granted and should treat each day as if it's your last.

Bernard B. Kerik

#4. In a free and democratic society such as ours, justice should not eternally abrogate one's rights to freedom and liberty, except in the most extreme cases.

Bernard B. Kerik

#5. Didn't vet Bernard Kerik sufficiently for DHS recommendation.

Rudy Giuliani

#6. Political criticism is our enemies' best friend.

Bernard Kerik

#7. The gods being always close to men perceive those who afflict others with unjust devices and do not fear the wrath of heaven.

Hesiod

#8. There is no greater threat to a free and democratic nation than a government that fails to protect its citizen's freedom and liberty as aggressively as it pursues justice.

Bernard B. Kerik

#9. If you put Sen. Kerry in the White House, I think you are going to see that another terrorist attack happen ... and I don't want to see another Sept. 11.

Bernard Kerik

#10. It smelled like a slaughterhouse. I was standing in the interrogation room of Saddam Hussein's Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad. A stench of blood and death permeated my senses, my clothes, my being.

Bernard B. Kerik

#11. It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

Sun Tzu

#12. It's hard to love a place that's outlawed smoking but finds it perfectly acceptable to serve raw fish in a bath of chocolate.

David Sedaris

#13. I have accomplished all that I have set out to accomplish and more.

Lil' Wayne

#14. No one should ever be wrongfully deprived of their rights to liberty and freedom without just cause, yet in the past 25 years alone thousands of people have been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to tens of thousands of years in prison.

Bernard B. Kerik

#15. American citizens should not lose their constitutional rights because they lack the money to pay for them.

Bernard B. Kerik

#16. Going to prison is like dying with your eyes open.

Bernard Kerik

#17. If ever you are passing my way," said Bilbo, "don't wait to knock! Tea is at four; but any of you are welcome at any time!

J.R.R. Tolkien

#18. A teacher had two types of students. One type of student is a close student. The other is also a close student, but not in the sense of physical proximity. The close students rotate a lot.

Frederick Lenz

#19. I'd be happy to show you that I'm the only man who knows exactly how deep, high and rough you like it, love." - Gage

Jessie Lane