Quote #12

I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.

More from Marion Barry

  1. The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice.
  2. 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 n…
  3. I am Mayor For Life.
  4. I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an internat…
  5. The laws of this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist.
  6. I am one of those mayors whose management style is to allow free and unlimited debate, to a point.
  7. 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.
  8. What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because it deems it necessary?

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