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.

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

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.

There are two kinds of truth. There are real truths, and there are made up truths.

If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime rate.

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

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!?!

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.

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

When you know more, you can do more.

We got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up business and dirty shops. They ought to go.

When you promote and market yourself, your service, your product - it cannot be from a script or textbook - it must be from the heart.

Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to list.

You have first an instinct then an opinion then a knowledge as the plant has root bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end though you can render no reason.

I try not to underestimate my opponents, no matter how ridiculous their beards.

All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad.

I would love to do Shakespeare in New York.

You know the world must be flat, because when people leave town they never come back.

The first successful salesperson was not a man, it was Eve.

Women have plans for themselves, for their children, about their home, the meals. They have a Vision. A man wants to enjoy himself.