Peter James Quotes

Over the course of my career in law enforcement, I have witnessed over and over again the selflessness and sacrifice of law enforcement who lay their lives on the line every day to protect people who they will never meet and people who will never know their names.

In my opinion, New York City police officers are brave.

I respect and admire what cops do.

The thing that all police officers decide when they wake up in the morning is that they're going home.

It takes an incredibly special person to be willing to put his or her life on the line for the community, and we owe it to our law enforcement heroes to do whatever we can to make their work safer.

Every day, hundreds of thousands of men and women protect and serve, often putting their own lives at risk.

Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They've got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.

Our nation's military and law enforcement personal work hard to protect us. We must thank them for their continued vigilance. Without their sacrifice we would less capable of protecting our nation.

I admire the military. I guess in a world of villains and heroes, they're my heroes. Their dedication, their commitment, their discipline, their code of ethics.

I'm extremely grateful to all the first responders, veterans and their families for all their sacrifices.

I have so much respect for people in the service. The mental strength it takes to do what they do is unbelievable.

The men and women who serve this great nation, whether they are stationed in Iraq, Fort Riley, or the Korean Peninsula, or they serve us at home as our community first responders, serve because they believe in America.

We should have a time to reflect on the accomplishments of the military, of their sacrifices, of their failures.

What firefighters and people in our military and cops do is separate from what the rest of us do; basically these people say, 'I'm going to protect all these strangers.'

I'm not a hero. The military is.

Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops.

SEALs aren't the only heroes out there. Everyone who puts on a uniform meets that threshold.

We have the finest military in the world, an elite group of men and women who continue to be a tremendous source of national pride by routinely putting their lives on the line to protect our freedom.

The best of our nation is exemplified by our nation's veterans who embody what it means to put service above self. Who have sacrificed their own personal interests out of a greater love for our people and our country.

Police officers put the badge on every morning, not knowing for sure if they'll come home at night to take it off.

Eight to ten years in a patrol car? I didn't have that in me.

Veterans have stood up for us.

The overwhelming number of police officers in Chicago are doing good work under difficult conditions. They put their lives on the line every day in situations none of us can fully comprehend or appreciate.

Our military, police, and first responders risk their lives to protect ours, and so today - and every day - we should thank those who serve and honor those we've lost.