Ed Koch Quotes - Page 2

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• Like many others, I'm deeply sympathetic to the huge numbers of people looking to come here today to escape suffering and poverty in their own lands. But as a country, we cannot afford to have a total open-door policy without any restrictions on entry.

  Ed Koch

  Country, Doors, Land

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• Many of the self-described "political refugees" who come here make stopovers in other countries on their way to the U.S., in places where they would be free to have as many children as they want. But they choose to continue on to the U.S. Why? Because it is more economically attractive.

  Ed Koch

  Country, Children, Self

  Ed Koch (1994). “Ed Koch on Everything: Movies, Politics, Personalities, Food and Other Stuff”, Birch Lane Press

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• I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.

  Ed Koch

  Commitment, President, States

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• The most guileful amongst the reporters are those who appear friendly and smile and seem to be supportive. They are the ones who will seek to gut you on every occasion.

  Ed Koch

  Friendly, Supportive, Media Training

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• Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life, and people do not wish to waste their lives once they've seen New York! This rural American thing - I'm telling you, it's a joke.

  Ed Koch

  New York, People, Wish

  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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• Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.

  Ed Koch

  Jail, Worry, Risk

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

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• Anybody who suggests that I run for governor is no friend of mine. It's a terrible position, and besides, it requires living in Albany, which is small-town life at its worst.

  Ed Koch

  Running, No Friends, Towns

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• The key to success in politics: Never forget, seldom forgive.

  Ed Koch

  Keys, Forgiving, Never Forget

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• I don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone.

  Ed Koch

  Gone, Manhattan, Want

  "Koch’s numerous health problems likely contributed to congestive heart failure", www.foxnews.com. February 1, 2013.

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• Have confidence in your decisions. Make them expeditiously, and stay with them as long as you believe you are correct no matter what others say. However, when you conclude you were in error, do not hesitate to announce the error publicly and change course.

  Ed Koch

  Believe, Errors, Long

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• Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!

  Ed Koch

  New York, Aqua, Cities

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• The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.

  Ed Koch

  Success, Graduation, Education

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• It's a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized.

  Ed Koch

  Fun, Critics

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• In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.

  Ed Koch

  Society, Cleaning, Neighborhood

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• No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.

  Ed Koch

  Mean, Want, Homosexual

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• If I traveled to the end of the rainbow as Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me the pot's at the other end.

  Ed Koch

  Humorous, America, Rainbow

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• I'm coming to the end of my life. I do reflect on what I've done for the 85 years that I have been given so far. And I'm proud of what I've done.

  Ed Koch

  Years, Done, Proud

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• Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact.

  Ed Koch

  Believe, Facts, Helping

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• Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world.

  Ed Koch

  Birthday, Years, Cities

  Twitter post from Dec 12, 2012

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• Carter couldn't elect a dog-catcher.

  Ed Koch

  Dog, Catchers, Carter

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• There's a nastiness out there that wants to harm me with words. These are my enemies - the ideologues, the populists, the columnists who don't like the fact that I take them on toe-to-toe. What I try to do is tell the truth. It's not the coin of the realm in politics.

  Ed Koch

  Enemy, Trying, Want

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• The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it.

  Ed Koch

  Weight, Mouths, Way

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• The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are.

  Ed Koch

  Killing, Bent, Persons

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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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