10. "I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law."- David Dinkins

9. "Without censorship, things can get very confused in the public mind."- Gen. William Westmoreland

8. "Things are more like they are now than they have ever been."- President Gerald Ford

7. "You hear about constitutional rights, free speech, and the free press. Every time I hear these words, I say to myself, 'That man is a Red, that man is a communist!' You never hear a real American talk like that."- Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague

6. "Wherever I have gone in this country, I have found Americans."- Republican presidential candidate Alf Landon

5. "Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean, I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff."- singer Mariah Carey

4. "I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people."- Dan Quayle

3. "That's part of American greatness is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity."- Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox

2. "The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist."- Washinton D.C. Mayor Marion Barry

And, The Number One Dumbest Quote-

1. "The police are not here to create disorder. They are here to preserve disorder."- Chicago Mayor Richard Daley