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> [...what about the millions of poor in this country who desperately need assistance and services to help bring them out of poverty? Shall they go to the back of the line? and shall those who have made a dramatic illegal…](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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-koch/like-many-others-i-m-deeply-sympathetic-to-the-huge-numbers-of-people/)

[Ed Koch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-koch/)

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## Other authors on Entry

## 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/)

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