Marion Barry was the mayor of DC from 1979 to 1991, when he was busted for buying crack. Despite this, after serving some prison time, he was re-elected as mayor in 1995 and served for one term. He now serves on the DC Council despite weed and cocaine being found in his car in 2002, and in his blood in 2005.
“The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against
diversity during this long period of increment weather.” — M. Barry,
Mayor of Washington, DC
“I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.” — M. Barry, Mayor of
Washington, DC
“If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low
crime rate.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second, what
can I say? I’m a night owl.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“Bitch set me up.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“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.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law
of gravity is racist.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international
city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an
international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?” — M. Barry, Mayor
of Washington, DC
“People have criticized me because my security detail is larger than
the president’s. But you must ask yourself: are there more people who
want to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you
there are.”
M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black,
were the ultimate sacrifice.” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“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.” — M.
Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because
they deem it necessary?” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“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!?!” — M. Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
“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.” — M.
Barry, Mayor of Washington, DC
From boston.com
