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Marion Barry quotes: Jesse ain't running nothin' but his mouth.

Jesse ain't running nothin' but his mouth.

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

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

Marion Barry quotes: There are two kinds of truth. There are real truths, and there are made up truths.

There are two kinds of truth. There are real truths, and there are made up truths.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marion Barry quotes: We got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up business and dirty shops. They ought to go.

We got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up business and dirty shops. They ought to go.

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

This is not a sham, not a game. This is the real stuff.

Marion Barry quotes: There is a sort of an unwritten code in Washington, among the underworld and the hustlers and these other guys, that I am their friend.

There is a sort of an unwritten code in Washington, among the underworld and the hustlers and these other guys, that I am their friend.

Marion Barry quotes: When you know more, you can do more.

When you know more, you can do more.

Marion Barry quotes: 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.

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

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

Marion Barry quotes: Our neighbors in Virginia are just as responsible for these killings as the criminals are because they won't pass strong gun [control] legislation.

Our neighbors in Virginia are just as responsible for these killings as the criminals are because they won't pass strong gun [control] legislation.

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

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 quotes: 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?

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 quotes: My greatest work comes in the community.

My greatest work comes in the community.

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

I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.

Marion Barry quotes: 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.

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.

Marion Barry quotes: The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather.

The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather.