Marion Barry Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Marion Barry:

I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#e6ffc107

I have to admit I didn't do as much as I should have back when I was mayor, but now we're getting it done. It's not where you've been but where you're going.
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#40aa3a0f

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?
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#436fa466

People have criticised 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.
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#6a104e66

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?
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#4f1fe2c8

Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#fa136ba3

My greatest work comes in the community.
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#c7687cbb

Aside from the murders, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#6de94874

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.
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#5aa4ca64

If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate.
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#4613291f

I like boxing.
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#d93f4a4c

What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#deb4556a

When you know more, you can do more.
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#d2b59c71

First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second, what can I say? I'm a night owl.
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#5a043eeb

This is not a sham, not a game. This is the real stuff.
~Marion Barry


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#c6a8f63b

The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist.
~Marion Barry


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#5176d9f1

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.
~Marion Barry


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#9707230e

The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice.
~Marion Barry


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/marion-barry-quotes/#42adb0c9

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