List of Raymond Kelly Quotes

I Think It's Only Natural To Want To Look Good. I Enjoy Good Clothes, So 18 Years Ago I Moved To Having Custom-made Suits. They Last Longer. They Fit You Better. In My Opinion, I Think Men Don't Spend Enough On Clothes.

I've Been The Longest-serving Police Commissioner In The History Of The Department, But It's Time In My Life To Move On. I'm Ready For New Adventures, New Challenges.

You Can Be Stopped If A Police Officer Reasonably Suspects A Crime Is About To Be Committed, Is Being Committed Or Has Been Committed. Every Law Enforcement Agency Does It. It's Essential To Policing.

It Doesn't Take A Brain Surgeon To Figure Out That If You Stop Or Curtail Stop-and-frisk, Or If Cops Are Reluctant To Do It, Violent Crimes Are Going To Go Up.

If You Go Into Any Department Store These Days, Your Picture Is Probably Taken 30 Times. In London There Are 500,000 Cameras In Public Spaces. You Have No Expectation Of Privacy In Public Spaces.

New York Is Safer Than It Has Been - And It's Getting Safer. But It's Never Safe. As The Financial And Communications Capital Of The World, This Is Where Terrorists Want To Make A Statement, Where They Get The Most Bang For The Buck.

When I Had The Job Of Police Commissioner, 20 Years Ago, I Was More Sensitive, More Cognizant Of Complaints And Concerned About Public Opinion. I've Learned To Do What I Think Is The Right Thing. That Lessens The Impact Of Criticism. You Get Used To A Pressurized Environment And Expect It Every Day.

You're Always Trying To Impress Your Parents Regardless Of How Old You Are. And When They're Gone, There's Nobody To Impress. But I Think My Parents Would Be Proud Of Me. My Father Has Been Gone For 30 Years, And By The Time He Passed Away, I Was A Lawyer. I Hope He Would Be Impressed.

Good News Is Not News. Bad News Sells. Confrontation Sells. And That's What The Press Is Always Looking For. I'm Not Bragging, But I Have The Highest Job-approval Rating Of Any Public Official In The City. And I've Had It Consistently. The Approval Rating For The Police Department Is 70 Percent. This Notion That Stop-and-frisk Has Torn The Community Apart Is False.

Protecting The City Is My Job, Which Doesn't Translate Into Hatred. This Is War, And In Most Wars, Professional Soldiers Don't Hate The Enemy. Hatred Can Blind You In Ways That Mar Your Judgment.

I Think I've Had A Long, Distinguished Career In Public Service. It Just Goes To Show You What Some Politicians Will Do. They'll Say Or Do Anything To Get Elected. I Know All These People. They All Claimed To Be Friends Of Mine Up Until Their Mayoral Campaigns. They'd Call Me On The Phone And Ask For Information Or Come Over Here And Sit In This Chair To Get Briefed.

Virtually Everything I Learned About Leadership Traits And Core Values, I Learned In The Marine Corps. To This Day, I Keep A List Of The Traits In A Little Black Book, 14 Of Them, Including Integrity, Justice, Bearing, Enthusiasm, Endurance - All Indicators You Aspire To When You're A Leader.