Ed Koch Quotes - Page 3

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• I intend to vote for President George W. Bush in the next election, because in my view, he is best able to wage the war against international terrorism.

  Ed Koch

  War, Views, President

  "Why I'm voting for Bush". www.jewishworldreview.com. December 24, 2003.

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• I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.

  Ed Koch

  Believe, Gun, Should Have

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• There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.

  Ed Koch

  Country, New York, Hate

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• I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't think they'd come home alive. I didn't think I would either, so I was happy when I did.

  Ed Koch

  Home, Army, Thinking

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• I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn't make a difference to me.

  Ed Koch

  Two, Differences, Years

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• I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.

  Ed Koch

  Forever, Want, Mayors

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• The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.

  Ed Koch

  New York, Law, Knives

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• Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against.

  Ed Koch

  Running, Looks, Bores

  "I'm Right, You're Wrong: Ed Koch Vs. Al D'Amato". nymag.com.

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• If you turn your back on these people, you yourself are an animal. You may be a well-dressed animal, but you are nevertheless an animal.

  Ed Koch

  Animal, People, May

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• I happen to believe that there is nothing wrong with homosexuality. It’s whatever God made you. It happens that I’m heterosexual, but I don’t care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don’t have the ability to protect their rights.

  Ed Koch

  Believe, Rights, Care

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• Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!

  Ed Koch

  Manhattan

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• We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.

  Ed Koch

  Worst Enemy, Modern Life, Cuban

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• When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me.

  Ed Koch

  Issues, People, Firsts

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• I want to come back as me.

  Ed Koch

  Want

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• However, they ignore the fact that the First Amendment is intended to protect only against government sanctions for exercising free speech rights, not private actions.

  Ed Koch

  Exercise, Rights, Government

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• It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can't remake the world.

  Ed Koch

  World, Remakes

  "Mayor". Book by Ed Koch and William Rauch, 1984.

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• In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist.

  Ed Koch

  Advice, Action, Primitive

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• I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale.

  Ed Koch

  New York, Cities, People

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• When I came in, the city was on the edge of bankruptcy. I'm proud of what I did. I built the foundation that mayors after me built upon - particularly Bloomberg. But the foundation was essential because if it hadn't occurred, we would have been another Detroit.

  Ed Koch

  Cities, Proud, Detroit

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• I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.

  Ed Koch

  Boys, Simple, Bronx

  "Koch a friend and force to the end" by Charles Kaiser, www.cnn.com. February 2, 2013.

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• I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.

  Ed Koch

  Would Be, Mayors, Doubted

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• I have a social life. But I don't discuss it.

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  Social, Social Life

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• Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life.

  Ed Koch

  Suburbs

  Ed Koch, Christy Heady (2007). “Buzz: How to Create It and Win with It”, p.75, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

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• God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.

  Ed Koch

  Regret, Years, Play

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• If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.

  Ed Koch

  Drinking, Want, Pay

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