Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry. — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
Like many others, I'm deeply sympathetic to the huge numbers of people looking to come here today to escape suffering and poverty… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
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… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
The very fact that I became mayor in 1977 conveys how you can't figure out what the people will do. Nobody thought… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out. And so help me God, as the numbers were coming… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
I probably enjoy campaigning more than most other people in public office because I like people and I enjoy going out there… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
Twelve years ago, if someone attacked me, I wouldn't let them get away with it. I'd take them on. I now perceive… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%.… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
Unless they can immediately demonstrate a credible fear of persecution, why shouldn't these people be returned at once to the country from… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
I like to think that I'm one of the few people in public life who write their own material. I write every… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child.… — Ed Koch Copy Share
Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in… — Ed Koch Copy Share
I injured myself politically when I took on Jesse Jackson' in the 1988 presidential campaign. I was too strident. I didn't recognize the emotional… — Ed Koch Copy Share
Don't tell me this is a difficult problem. If it weren't difficult, it wouldn't be a problem. — Ed Koch Copy Share
...what about the millions of poor in this country who desperately need assistance and services to help bring them out of poverty? Shall they… — Ed Koch Copy Share
It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can't remake the world. — Ed Koch Copy Share
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… — Ed Koch Copy Share
The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse. — Ed Koch Copy Share
Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact. — Ed Koch Copy Share
