“Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact.” BelieveFactsHelpingLife IsI BelievePenaltiesDeath Penalty Author:Ed Koch
“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.” PeopleFirstsFactsWould BeFourFiguresPercentVotePollsMayors Author:Ed Koch
“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.” WantTryingFactsEnemyHarmRealmsTelling The TruthToesCoinsPopulistColumnistsIdeologuesNastiness Author:Ed Koch
“Be different-if you don't have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets around that you can listen when others tend to talk, you will be treated as a sage.” IfsDifferentFactsSuccessTeachingIntellectualIntelligenceTreatedSage Author:Ed Koch
“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.” FirstsFactsGovernmentActionInterestingRightsExerciseProtectSpeechAmendmentsFree SpeechFirst AmendmentSanctions Author:Ed Koch
