American - Politician | March 6, 1936 - November 23, 2014
What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?
Marion Barry
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I like boxing.
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My greatest work comes in the community.
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I love serving people. I love helping people empower themselves.
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What dragged me down was not being mayor - it was insecurity, the need to be accepted by everyone, the pleasure syndrome. That's what brought me down.
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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.
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I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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When you know more, you can do more.
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Washington, D.C., had never seen my style of politics.
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