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.

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.

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.

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.

A daily habit of reflecting on the things that are good in your life, would surely help you to realize that your life is not as bad as you may think.

A smile doesn't always stand for a perfect life.

I'll put on a song that I really like and do bicep curls with two kilo weights the whole song.

So people ought to be free to leave here, but there ought to be opportunity for them to come home.

There's always kids who become stop motion animators. I get stuff all the time. They put it on YouTube. It's exciting to see.

Grief heals ... unshed tears fester like a canker in the soul.

I always feel like music should be a universal language.

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

Human beings understand too much.

Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period.