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.

The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist.

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.

First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second, what can I say? I’m a night owl.

I promise you a police car on every sidewalk.

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.

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?

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

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

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?

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.