I'm not sure if I believe these, simply because they're so outrageous, but here goes:
Marion Barry Quotes
"The contagious people of Washington have stood firm
against diversity during this long period of increment
weather." - M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
"I promise you a police car on every sidewalk." - M.
Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
"If you take out the killings, Washington actually has
a very very low crime rate." - M. Barry, Mayor of Washington,
DC
"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
"Bitch set me up." - M. Barry, Mayor of Washington,
DC
"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
"The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws
are racist. The law of gravity is racist." - M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
"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
"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
"The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of
which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice." - M.
Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
"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
"What right does Congress have to go around making laws
just because they deem it necessary?" - M. Barry, Mayor
of Washington, DC
"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
"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, |
