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.

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.

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 to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you there are.

My greatest work comes in the community.

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.

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

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.