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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

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White folks may let you in their country clubs to play golf, invite you out to dinner, take you out to play tennis, but when it comes to dividing up the money, that's a whole 'nother story.

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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.

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I love serving people. I love helping people empower themselves.

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The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist.

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The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice.

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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.

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What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?

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Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

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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 George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: March 6th, 1936

Died: November 23rd, 2014

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