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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.

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

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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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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.

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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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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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If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate.

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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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I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.

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I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?

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Bitch set me up.