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Marion Barry
American
Politician
Born:
Mar 6
,
1936
Died:
Nov 23
,
2014
Because
Been
City
Me
People
You
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First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second, what can I say? I'm a night owl.
Marion Barry
First
Club
Say
Strip
Owl
Bar
Second
Night
The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist.
Marion Barry
Law
City
Laws
Clearly
Gravity
This is not a sham, not a game. This is the real stuff.
Marion Barry
Game
Sham
Stuff
Real
My greatest work comes in the community.
Marion Barry
Work
Community
Greatest
I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.
Marion Barry
You
Police
Car
Every
Sidewalk
Promise
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?
Marion Barry
You
City
Trip
Like
Because
Making
Am
Israel
Deny
Just
Africa
Mayor
Tokyo
International
Washington
Nigeria
Symbol
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.
Marion Barry
Funny
Law
Funny Story
About
Abraham
Abraham Lincoln
He
Freed
Read
How
Lincoln
Story
Republican
Republicans
Created
Who
Slavery
Slaves
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?
Marion Barry
Me
You
Blame
People
Water
Responsibility
Would
Because
Fix
Break
Them
Ask
Then
I like boxing.
Marion Barry
Like
Boxing
When you know more, you can do more.
Marion Barry
You
More
Know
Washington, D.C., had never seen my style of politics.
Marion Barry
Politics
Seen
Style
Never
Had
Washington
Everybody in life has something that they get knocked down on. The object lesson here is not that you get knocked down - it is that you get up.
Marion Barry
Life
You
Down
Lesson
Everybody
Object
Something
Knocked
Up
Get
Here
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