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" I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government. "

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" My brain is good, but my body is deteriorating. I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn't make a difference to me. "

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" Twelve years ago, if someone attacked me, I wouldn't let them get away with it. I'd take them on. I now perceive my job to include allowing people to vent their rage. "

" The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again. "

" 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. "

" When all are wrong, everyone is right. "

" I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale. "

" 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 after me built upon - particularly Bloomberg. But the foundation was essential because if it hadn't occurred, we would have been another Detroit. "

" I was not afraid of the press or the militants. It was uncomfortable, but I was not afraid. With respect to the press, I knew I knew more than they knew about city matters. With respect to the militants, I understood it. I mean, everybody believed in those days that they were being screwed, you know, that somebody was getting ahead of them. "

" I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them. "

" The art of creation is older than the art of killing. "

" Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up. "

" Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific! "

" I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did. "

" There's a nastiness out there that wants to harm me with words. These are my enemies - the ideologues, the populists, the columnists who don't like the fact that I take them on toe-to-toe. What I try to do is tell the truth. It's not the coin of the realm in politics. "

" I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows. "

" The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend. "

" I think that every Saturday, we ought to say, 'My father's a Jew, my mother was a Jew, and I'm a Jew,' with great pride. "

" 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. "

" Tone can be as important as text. "

" You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights. "

" If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist. "

" Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks. "

" Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world. "

" How'm I doing? "

" I probably enjoy campaigning more than most other people in public office because I like people and I enjoy going out there and telling people what I've done. "

" In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound. "

" You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag. "

" 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. "

" In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist. "