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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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