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 greatest work comes in the community.

I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am a humble man.

And no offense, but let’s grow our own teachers, let’s grow our own nurses—and so that we don’t have to be scrounging around in our community clinics and other kinds of places—having to hire people from somewhere else.

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

We got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up business and dirty shops. They ought to go.

The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather.