Logo
Quote by Ed Koch
Theres a nastiness out there that wants to harm me with words. The

Theres a nastiness out there that wants to harm me with words. These are my enemies – the ideologues, the populists, the columnists who dont like the fact that I take them on toe-to-toe. What I try to do is tell the truth. Its not the coin of the realm in politics. – Ed Koch

Other quotes by Ed Koch

No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. Whats cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I dont want to do that. – Ed Koch

Category:
Courage
Author
Ed Koch
Read Quote

Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart. – Ed Koch

Category:
power
Author
Ed Koch
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Politics
category

I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didnt matter who was president. – James Carville

Category:
Politics

When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed. – Imran Khan

Category:
Politics

Once the cry and the cause of a generation of progressives to make America safer, fairer and cleaner, regulation is now a dirty word in our politics. Even Democrats are quick to talk about cutting regulations Republicans hate them with – how to put it? – evangelical fervor. – Jon Meacham

Category:
Politics

You cant be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute whos for you and whos against you. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Politics

Random Quotes

For me, family always comes first I would do anything to protect them. – Mark Wahlberg

Category:
Family

There does not exist a category of science to which one can give the name applied science. There are science and the applications of science, bound together as the fruit of the tree which bears it. – Louis Pasteur

Category:
Science

Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise. – Laurence J. Peter

Category:
work

I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. – Donna Leon

Category:
famous