Top 90 Mark M. Bello Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Our love must be stronger than their hate.”

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2. “Our police force must not only enforce the law; it must obey the law. In America, that applies to all citizens, regardless of race, creed, or ethnic origin. Our goal as a department, as a community, hell, as a society, is total colorblindness when it comes to law enforcement.”

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3. “No parent should lose a son or daughter, no teacher should lose a student, no sibling should lose a brother or sister, and no student should lose a best friend or a teacher.”

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4. “This isn’t the end. This isn’t over, not by a long shot. I’m going to make these people pay. One way or another, they’re going to pay.”

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5. “From your mouth to God’s ears. Let’s get these bastards.”

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6. “This is a constitutional democracy, not a dictatorship. Unchecked power, even if well-intentioned, is the reason the geniuses that founded our democracy set it up the way they did.”

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7. “Can you imagine sitting in the passenger seat and back seat of a car and watching a cop shoot and kill your husband and father?”

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8. “Are you crazy, Kenny Tracey? Do you have a death wish or something? Preventing someone from getting hurt and jumping in front of a bullet are not the same things!”

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9. “Your friends dress like your enemies, and your enemies dress like your friends.”

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10. “He and others like him, if not stopped, will create a generation of faithless and trustless adults. We cannot let this happen to our children.”

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11. “Her heart aches for her daughter. She is doing the only thing a mother can do under tragic circumstances. She sits by her daughter’s side and listens as the younger woman pours her heart out.”

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12. “This isn’t about money. It’s about justice and prevention, justice for my boys and those who came before them, and prevention for those who may come after. Your crap settlement does not alert the public and allows this animal to continue to violate children,” Jennifer raged. “I will not stand idly by for a few bucks and permit this to happen to another innocent child.”

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13. “Change was, indeed, possible, one person at a time.”

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14. “Can a black man get justice in a sea of white?”

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15. “We must try to see the world through a black person’s eyes, see hard truths and not unfairly judge those who deliver them. We need to see people – real people – not the stereotypes handed down by previous generations.”

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16. “The cop’s suspended with pay. With pay, Mama! My husband is dead, and his killer gets a paid vacation? What kind of justice is that?”

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17. “Perhaps we don’t pray the same as our Christian brothers and sisters do, but many men and women of God believe, regardless of our religion or our religious differences, we all pray to the same God. I have never read such evil thoughts. How does someone who writes such hateful words have the unmitigated gall to call himself a Christian?”

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18. “We must learn to celebrate, not fight over, our differences. A pluralistic society requires no less, and the world will be a vastly better place if we can find a way to embrace this simple truth.”

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19. “Because for her, money isn’t the issue. This is about revenge, payback, even worse, justice.”

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20. “This is a good resolution for all concerned. It was nice meeting you.” I’ve got to get out of here before I explode!”

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21. “This may sound corny, but sometimes, truth and justice do prevail. When I met you, I marveled at your faith, your capacity to believe. Believe in this, Jennifer. Believe I am going to win this case because I am. Believe the boys will get through this. They will be happy and strong someday soon. Believe, Jen! Believe!”

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22. “How do people stand for this? How many people have to die before we rise up and say ’enough is enough?”

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23. “Stop pointing that damned gun at me! You are scaring my children. See, they’re crying. You’ve upset them. It’s okay babies. Daddy is talking to this nasty policeman. I’m sorry he is being such a mean man. We’ll get something to eat in a few minutes.”

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24. “How we treat Sarah Hayes is important. But we must follow up this meeting with a call to action. I do not want to see any innocent citizen, white or black, killed unnecessarily by a police officer. When something like this happens to a black kid, my natural instinct is to say, ‘Thank God it’s not my kid’ or to ask, ‘What if that were my kid?’ Wouldn’t any officer feel the same way if a person of their race was killed?”

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25. “Consider this your job review and your pre-pink slip warning. Support our movement or move out of our way. You are with us or against us – if you’re against us, you will be fired.”

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26. “The Burger King robbery was committed by a couple of black kids, so that fact justifies pulling over EVERY black guy?”

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27. “To our law enforcement community, our first responders, the young student, staff members, and teachers who responded so bravely in the face of danger, we applaud your courage and thank you for your selfless actions.”

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28. “The enveloping fog was eerie, like a tightening vice, given the possibility of a Sarin gas attack in Dearborn proper. Was the fog a sign of evil about to descend on the city?”

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29. “According to my research for this case, pedophilia is a treatable, but incurable condition. The worst place for a pedophile is a church.”

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30. “How could a man “disappear” amidst all those elite law enforcement officials? Would things have been different if we were in charge?”

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31. “Even the receptionist was new, a pretty, young, buxom blonde named Eden, according to her nameplate. Micah must have handpicked her from the Garden.”

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32. “If someone wanted to smuggle Sarin gas into the city, how would they do it? Where are the obvious and less obvious points of entry? How would they weaponize it?”

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33. “A lawyer can’t try cases, go on vacation, or take sick days. The daily work is still there when he returns, waiting for him, like an unwanted visiting relative.”

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34. “Would cops really ignore her cry for help because of the lawsuit?”

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35. “People who don’t know our city or our officers might conclude these people were targeted BECAUSE they were black.”

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36. “Where is the sense of outrage for our Muslim neighbors, Dearborn citizens all? Should we not feel the same sense of violation and shock even though these worshipers pray to a different version of God than we do?”

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37. “While white people may never completely understand or fully grasp the experience of being black in America, together, We The People must try to bridge the racial divide. And the result will be a stronger nation.”

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38. “A white supremacist with a conscience? Why don’t I believe you, Stone?”

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39. “I’ve been a lawyer in Detroit for a lot of years. I’ve seen the system up close and personal. I’ve seen the charging differences, the sentencing differences, blacks in white towns harassed and pulled over for the crime of simply being there and being black.”

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40. “He’d wait me out if his parents let him. A promise is a promise, but is he ready for such a tale? I’ve only shared this story with a select few, and only for Holocaust remembrance.”

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41. “It is not fun to be pulled over by a police officer. We’re upset or anxious when we’re pulled over by the police. We often know what we did wrong and await the penalty, or we wonder what we did wrong and await the explanation. But, do we expect to be manhandled or abused by the officer? Do we fear that he might kill us? For black people, especially black men, those fears are too frequently an unfortunate reality.”

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42. “You’re convinced our own government conspired with Roland Barrington III to assassinate an American citizen for the sole purpose of disrupting a lawsuit filed against his company, Barrington Arms?”

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43. “When Zachary Blake is passionate about an issue, everyone, including loving family members, must get with the program or get out of his way.”

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44. “When the prosecution is confronted with concrete evidence of a defendant’s innocence during a trial or investigation, or even after a jury renders an erroneous guilty verdict, that prosecutor must come forward, as an officer of the court, to make sure that justice is done. Defense attorneys have no such obligation, even when they know their clients are guilty.”

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45. “So, why the traffic stop when the officer admits that the driver did nothing wrong? To this impartial observer, those facts suggest Mr. Hayes was pulled over for driving while black and the shooting was the worst result of a bad stop.”

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46. “Okay, but a multifaceted lawsuit which targets everyone in sight and will cost those who profit from guns and gun sales millions, will be great leverage to get what we want in the state legislature and, perhaps, Congress.”

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47. “A black woman challenging the system and taking on a white man – especially a white cop – is not going to have an easy time.”

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48. “Understanding, celebrating, and teaching our First Amendment rights are our true tickets to understanding the fundamental freedoms that make this country great. A great leader realizes that he or she represents both the flag wavers and the flag burners.”

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49. “My message to the person or persons who did this: You can burn buildings, even destroy them. You can attack people who are, perhaps, weaker than you. But you cannot destroy faith. You cannot destroy resolve.”

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50. “Good for justice, bad for Jones. I hope you get the bastard if that’s what the evidence shows.”

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