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I’m one of those mayors whose management style is to allow free and unlimited debate up to a point.

Marion Barry (1936-2014) American politician
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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? WOULD IT!?!

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

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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.

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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 (1936-2014) American politician
Comment to reporters after traffic accident (1988)
 
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