“Outside of the killings, D. C. has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.”
Marion Barry (1936–2014) American politician and former mayor of Washington, D.C.
As quoted in USA Today (24 March 1989), p. 2A
1980s
“In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D. C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, unspoken promise to work for large corporations”
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