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" Aside from the murders, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. "
Crime
Country
Aside
" Everybody in life has something that they get knocked down on. The object lesson here is not that you get knocked down - it is that you get up. "
Life
Lesson
You
" First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second, what can I say? I'm a night owl. "
Night
Club
First
" 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. "
Defeated
Less
More
" 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? "
I Am
Washington
You
" If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate. "
Crime
Washington
Take
" 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. "
You
Admit
Back
" I like boxing. "
Like
Boxing
" I love serving people. I love helping people empower themselves. "
Empower
People
Love
" In Washington, I have worked hard for the people, and I've been loved by the people. "
Hard
Been
Washington
" I promise you a police car on every sidewalk. "
Promise
You
Car
" 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. "
Funny
Republican
Slavery
" My greatest work comes in the community. "
Greatest
Work
Community
" Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. "
Country
Crime
Outside
" People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then? "
Responsibility
Blame
Me
" People have criticised 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. "
Detail
Security
Yourself
" The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice. "
Sacrifice
Men
Brave
" The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist. "
Clearly
Gravity
Law
" This is not a sham, not a game. This is the real stuff. "
Real
Stuff
Game
" Washington, D.C., had never seen my style of politics. "
Washington
Politics
Style
" What dragged me down was not being mayor - it was insecurity, the need to be accepted by everyone, the pleasure syndrome. That's what brought me down. "
Pleasure
Need
Me
" What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary? "
Go
Laws
Just Because
" When you know more, you can do more. "
You
More
Know
" White folks may let you in their country clubs to play golf, invite you out to dinner, take you out to play tennis, but when it comes to dividing up the money, that's a whole 'nother story. "
You
Money
Play
" Who can better help our city recover than someone who himself has gone through recovery? "
Someone
Recovery
City
" Why should blacks feel elated about seeing men walk on the moon when millions of poor blacks and whites don't have enough money to buy food to eat on earth? "
Earth
Money
Moon
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