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Marion Barry
7 quotes
“Just as the Jews did after the Holocaust, never again will be allow this many murders in the streets of Washington, D.C. Never again.”
Marion Barry (1936–2014) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At his 1989 inauguration, as quoted in The Washington Post (3 January 1989), p. D1.
“Outside of the killings, D.C. has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.”
Marion Barry (1936–2014) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in USA Today (24 March 1989), p. 2A
“Bitch set me up... I shouldn't have come up here... goddamn bitch.”
Marion Barry (1936–2014) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Referring to former girlfriend Hazel Diane "Rasheeda" Moore, as quoted in "Jurors View Videotape of Barry Drug Arrest" by Tracy Thompson and Elsa Walsh, in The Washington Post (29 June 1990)
“They made all this up to justify questioning me. It's all made up. I don't know what happened. Whatever they say was all made up.”
Marion Barry (1936–2014) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Responding to allegations by Park Police that he was found with a white substance under his nose and trace amounts of cocaine in his car, as quoted in The Washington Post (26 March 2002), p. B2
“There is a sort of an unwritten code in Washington, among the underworld and the hustlers and these other guys that I am their friend.”
Marion Barry (1936–2014) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Explaining why he was upset at being robbed at gunpoint, as quoted in the Washington Express (4 January 2006), p. 11
“We’ve got to do something about these Asians coming in, opening up businesses, those dirty shops. They ought to go. I’ll just say that right now, you know. But we need African American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too.”
Marion Barry (1936–2014) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Primary speech (April 3, 2012).
“The Irish caught hell, the Jews caught hell, the Polacks caught hell. We want Ward 8 to be the model of diversity.”
Marion Barry (1936–2014) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: May 24, 2012