Marion Barry Quotes (13 Quotes)

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.

Frank Raines stood on the sidelines, leaving Eleanor Holmes Norton all by herself to fend against these big, bad, conservative Republicans,

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

We in Washington, D.C., are experiencing the best of times but yet the worst of times. The number of jobs is rising, but so is unemployment. Go to these construction sites. You'll find that a majority of construction workers are not District residents.

Barry (D-Ward 8) said he changed his mind after he realized that the plan could bring as much as 1 billion in new investment to his ward and provide more than 3,000 units of housing, some of which would be set aside for first-time homeowners and those earning low wages. It makes sense, ... A stadium by itself didn't make sense.

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

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

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

I've gone through the Civil Rights Movement. I've seen courts and mayors and white people do things, you turn your back and they undo it. And we don't need that ... so I speak a little different about it. I've experienced this kind of double-dealing, and I'm not going to take it anymore.

There are two kinds of truth. There are real truths, and there are made up truths. On his arrest for drug use

She was the people's champion working tirelessly for equality and justice.

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.

I'm just outraged by this. Our young people have enough problems already.