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
home army thinking
I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't think they'd come home alive. I didn't think I would either, so I was happy when I did.
country government immigration
...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 entry, who would normally not be entitled to government assistance, or even entry itself, be put at the front?
country home people
Unless they can immediately demonstrate a credible fear of persecution, why shouldn't these people be returned at once to the country from which they embarked - whether it be their home country or a stopover point - at the expense of the airline that brought them? All appeals would then be made from the country to which they have been returned.
problem difficult difficult-problems
Don't tell me this is a difficult problem. If it weren't difficult, it wouldn't be a problem.
war views president
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.
forever want mayors
I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
years done proud
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.
running sunday years
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?' I doubt many.
few life people public
I like to think that I'm one of the few people in public life who write their own material. I write every word. And I really enjoy writing - especially my political commentary.
begin diploma fireworks fuse
The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match, each one of you is a fuse
blacks high limit rise
there was no limit to how high blacks could rise in my administration.
believed creating nations today united
But nevertheless, I always believed today as he does, that if the United Nations hadn't been created, we would be creating it.
attorney change commitment forward guy main reforming state street wall watching work
Eliot is the right guy to change Albany. As attorney general, he demonstrated a real commitment to reforming institutions from Wall Street to Main Street and I look forward to watching him work on reforming state government.
great pat tradition
I think he is in the great tradition of Pat Moynihan.