Better Quote by Marion Barry

My greatest work comes in the community.

— Marion Barry

We got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up business and dirty shops. They ought to go.

— Marion Barry

What dragged me down was not being mayor - it was insecurity, the need to be accepted by everyone, the pleasure syndrome. That's what…

— Marion Barry

This is not a sham, not a game. This is the real stuff.

— Marion Barry

And no offense, but let’s grow our own teachers, let’s grow our own nurses—and so that we don’t have to be scrounging around in…

— Marion Barry

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…

— Marion Barry

I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the…

— Marion Barry

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.…

— Marion Barry

I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am…

— Marion Barry

When you know more, you can do more.

— Marion Barry

The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather.

— Marion Barry

Jesse ain't running nothin' but his mouth.

— Marion Barry