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. It's not where you've been but where you're going.
Marion BarryPeople have criticized me because my security detail is larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: are there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you there are.
Marion BarryAnd no offense, but letโs grow our own teachers, letโs grow our own nursesโand so that we donโt have to be scrounging around in our community clinics and other kinds of placesโhaving to hire people from somewhere else.
Marion Barry