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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" To learn something new every day is still exciting! "

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

" Tone can be as important as text. "

" When all are wrong, everyone is right. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate. "

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

" I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months you find you walk faster, talk faster, think faster, you're a New Yorker. "

" 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.' "