54 Quotes by Marion Barry

She was the people's champion working tirelessly for equality and justice.

We in Washington, D.C., are experiencing the best of times but yet the worst of times. The number of jobs is rising, but so is unemployment. Go to these construction sites. You'll find that a majority of construction workers are not District residents.

It was an awful lease for the city, but we've now put a cap of $610 million on the costs.

I've gone through the Civil Rights Movement. I've seen courts and mayors and white people do things, you turn your back and they undo it. And we don't need that ... so I speak a little different about it. I've experienced this kind of double-dealing, and I'm not going to take it anymore.

I want somebody fired for this. If somebody doesn't get fired for this, you're not doing your job.

I'm just outraged by this. Our young people have enough problems already.

Our neighbors in Virginia are just as responsible for these killings as the criminals are because they won't pass strong gun [control] legislation.

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.

My personal view is very simple: What happens in your bedroom, it's up to you. If you want to use gay marriage as an affectionate kind of thing you're doing, do it.