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" 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 tie that he had with all black voters. "

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" People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out. And so help me God, as the numbers were coming in, I said to myself, 'I'm free at last.' "

Ed Koch

God

Myself

Help

" 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. "

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

Ed Koch

Self-Respect

Believe

" It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights. "

" The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse. "

" There's enormous energy required to carry grudges - enormous energy! And I'm getting too old to expend my energy that way, cause I think every person has a limited amount of energy. So I have given up all grudges. "

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

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

" No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that. "

Ed Koch

Courage

Say

" I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term. "

" I have a social life. But I don't discuss it. "

" Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends! "

" If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it. "

" If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail. "

" Tone can be as important as text. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Ed Koch

Edge

City

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

" The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are. "

" When all are wrong, everyone is right. "

" 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. "

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

" Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against. "

Ed Koch

Good

Just

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

" I think I have a very good reputation amongst the gay population and among the whole country because I stood up on the issue of gay rights. It is not easy to stand up on that issue when you are single and male in New York City. I did it anyway. "

" The very fact that I became mayor in 1977 conveys how you can't figure out what the people will do. Nobody thought I would be elected. When I entered I got four percent of the vote in the first poll, four percent. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Ed Koch

Vote

Psychiatrist

" 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. "

Ed Koch

Job

Now