--- title: "1 52 Years Quotes By Ed Koch" description: "1 52 Years quotes by Ed Koch. Plus more from Ed Koch and more 52 Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/ed-koch-7928_chuck_if-i-were-running-against-chuck-schumer_500553.jpg" --- > [If I were running against Chuck Schumer. I would take every one of his Sunday press releases - and there are 52 for as many years as he's been there - and I would ask, 'How many of the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/if-i-were-running-against-chuck-schumer-i-would-take-every-one-of-his/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/ed-koch-7928_chuck_if-i-were-running-against-chuck-schumer_500553.jpg) ## More by Ed Koch > [I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/i-love-being-the-mayor-i-want-to-be-the-mayor-forever/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [I have a social life. But I don't discuss it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/i-have-a-social-life-but-i-don-t-discuss-it/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/the-chinese-describe-themselves-as-political-refugees-many-base-that/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/citizens-thank-you-for-all-your-birthday-wishes-i-am-88-years-old/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/the-person-who-is-bent-on-killing-you-will-follow-you-wherever-you-are/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/i-injured-myself-politically-when-i-took-on-jesse-jackson-in-the-1988/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [Don't tell me this is a difficult problem. If it weren't difficult, it wouldn't be a problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/don-t-tell-me-this-is-a-difficult-problem-if-it-weren-t-difficult-it/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/i-m-just-a-simple-jewish-boy-from-the-bronx/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [...what about the millions of poor in this country who desperately need assistance and services to help bring them out of poverty? Shall they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/what-about-the-millions-of-poor-in-this-country-who-desperately-need/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/i-never-doubted-that-i-would-be-a-good-mayor-i-never-did/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can't remake the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/it-is-not-possible-to-remake-the-world-you-can-fix-parts-but-you-can/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [“The city is the size of a country, but has been operated like a candy store.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/the-city-is-the-size-of-a-country-but-has-been-operated-like-a-candy/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/when-i-came-in-the-city-was-on-the-edge-of-bankruptcy-i-m-proud-of/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/the-fireworks-begin-today-each-diploma-is-a-lighted-match-each-one-of/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) > [Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/life-is-indeed-precious-and-i-believe-the-death-penalty-helps-affirm/) [Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/52-years/ed-koch/#itemlist", "name": "1 52 Years Quotes By Ed Koch", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I were running against Chuck Schumer. I would take every one of his Sunday press releases - and there are 52 for as many years as he's been there - and I would ask, 'How many of the things he said he was proposing became law?' 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