Marion Barry Quotes


This is not a sham, not a game. This is the real stuff.


Citations

Barry, Marion. Statement following rehab program. Cited in: Jaffe, Harry S., and Tom Sherwood. Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington, D.C. Simon & Schuster, 1994, p. 235.

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The general offered Geronimo a house and land to him and his followers if they surrendered. The Indian chief observed that such promises had been made and broken before by the whites. The Indians surrendered. They were shackled and deported to Florida.


Marion Barry
Marion Barry
  • Born: March 6, 1936
  • Died: November 23, 2014
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Marion Shepilov Barry was an American politician who served as Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia, representing as an at-large member from 1975 to 1979 and in Ward 8 from 1993 to 1995, and again from 2005 to 2014.