Marion Barry Quotes & Sayings

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

“My greatest work comes in the community.”

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

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

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

“First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second, what can I say? I'm a night owl.”

“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.”

“Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.”

“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.”

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