Frank Rizzo Quotes

United States, Police Officer
October 23, 1920 – July, 16, 1991.

Francis Lazarro Rizzo, Sr. (October 23, 1920 – July 16, 1991) was an American police officer and politician. He served as Philadelphia police commissioner from 1968 to 1971 and mayor of Philadelphia from 1972 to 1980.

Also known as Politician

The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It's only the people who make them unsafe.

Frank Rizzo
A conservative is a liberal who got mugged the night before.

Frank Rizzo
- Night

I'd be really surprised if it turns out to be anything other than that.

Frank Rizzo
- Surprised
We were seeing signs of this during practice all year, ... We finally put it together, and we've created the holes and Matt has made people miss. It's a good feeling. Things are rolling a bit and we hope it continues.

Frank Rizzo
- Practice
- Signs
- During
The streets are safe in Philadelphia, it's only the people that make them unsafe.

Frank Rizzo
- People
Brian and I will vote for some kind of smoking ordinance while Jack is against it.

Frank Rizzo
- Vote
- Smoking
- Brian
After being accused of bribery (patronage jobs in exchange for being able to name candidates for District Attorney and City Controller) by Democratic City Chairman Peter Camiel, and being challenged by the Philadelphia Daily News to a lie detector test with himself, Commerce Director Harry Belinger, and Camiel, Rizzo accepted and said, "if this machine says a man lied, he lied." After the machine showed that Belinger and Rizzo were lying and Camiel was not, and he was asked about what he thought of lie detectors, he said, "that machine is full of crap.

Frank Rizzo
Most don't last past 50 on the job. They'll move on to building inspection or another related field.

Frank Rizzo
- Building
- Inspection

A liberal is a conservative who hasn't been mugged yet....

Frank Rizzo
We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen.

Frank Rizzo