Marion Barry Quotes
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"The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against
diversity during this long period of increment weather."
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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"I promise you a police car on every sidewalk."
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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"If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a
very very low crime rate."
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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"First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And
second, what can I say? I'm a night owl."
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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"Bitch set me up."
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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"I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term.
Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush
and Michael Dukakis no less."
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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"The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are
racist. The law of gravity is racist."
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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"I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an
international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As
mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to
Africa?"
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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"People have criticized me because my security detail is
larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: are
there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the
president? I can assure you there are."
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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"The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which
were black, were the ultimate sacrifice."
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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"I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the
slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law
in the 1600's. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not
a Republican."
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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"What right does Congress have to go around making laws just
because they deem it necessary?"
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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"People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask
you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my
responsibility to fix them then? WOULD IT!?!"
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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"I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an
intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am a humble
man."
- - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
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