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

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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

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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. – Ed Koch

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I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didnt think theyd come home alive. I didnt think I would either, so I was happy when I did. – Ed Koch

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When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics. – William Hague

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One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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I dont want to force my politics on my readers. – John Grisham

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