Ed Koch
Ed Koch
Edward Irving "Ed" Kochwas an American lawyer, politician, political commentator, movie critic and reality television arbitrator. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and three terms as mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1990...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 December 1924
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
drinking want pay
If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.
believe errors long
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.
animal people may
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.
running looks bores
Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against.
keys forgiving never-forget
The key to success in politics: Never forget, seldom forgive.
want
I want to come back as me.
issues people firsts
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.
problem difficult difficult-problems
Don't tell me this is a difficult problem. If it weren't difficult, it wouldn't be a problem.
morning new-york thank-you-god
I wake up every morning and say to myself, Well, I'm still in New York. Thank you, God.
people feel-good rewriting
Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry.
exercise rights government
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.
jail violence ifs
If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
commitment president states
I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.
thinking enough think-of-me
But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?