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Marion Barry Quotes (1936-2014)
About Marion Barry
Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. (March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014) served as Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C. from 1979 to 1991. He was forced to leave office during his third term as a result of his arrest and conviction on drug charges but was later again elected to the D.C. council and ultimately to the mayoralty, serving a fourth term from 1995 to 1999.
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“Bitch set me up... I shouldn't have come up here... goddamn bitch.”
“They made all this up to justify questioning me. It's all made up. I don't know what happened. Whatever they say was all made up.”
“Just as the Jews did after the Holocaust, never again will be allow this many murders in the streets of Washington, D.C. Never again.”
“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.”
“We’ve got to do something about these Asians coming in, opening up businesses, those dirty shops. They ought to go. I’ll just say that right now, you know. But we need African American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too.”
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“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.”
About Marion Barry
Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. (March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014) served as Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C. from 1979 to 1991. He was forced to leave office during his third term as a result of his arrest and conviction on drug charges but was later again elected to the D.C. council and ultimately to the mayoralty, serving a fourth term from 1995 to 1999.