"Our neighbors in Virginia are just as responsible……" — Marion Barry
"Our neighbors in Virginia are just as responsible for these killings as the criminals are because they won't pass strong gun [control] legislation."
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27 Quotes by Marion Barry
Marion Barry has 27 quotes on this site.
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Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
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If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime rate.
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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…
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We got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up business and dirty shops. They ought to…
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The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather.
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People have criticized me because my security detail is larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: are there…
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I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery…
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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…
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I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply…
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There is a sort of an unwritten code in Washington, among the underworld and the hustlers and these other guys,…
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And no offense, but let’s grow our own teachers, let’s grow our own nurses—and so that we don’t have to…
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There are two kinds of truth. There are real truths, and there are made up truths.
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More Control Quotes
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one of 6,641 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the…
— Aristotle
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning…
— Isaac Asimov
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way…
— Bashar al-Assad
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Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.
— Margaret Atwood
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
— Paul Auster
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path…
— Irving Babbitt
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
— Lord Acton
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality…
— Lord Acton
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Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it.…
— Michael Badnarik
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It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and…
— Red Adair
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If you want to control other people, first control yourself.
— Abu Bakr
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