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Marion Barry Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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



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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!?!



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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.



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



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