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Edward I. Koch Quote: “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.”

51. “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.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “Like many others, I’m deeply sympathetic to the huge numbers of people looking to come here today to escape suffering and poverty in their own lands. But as a country, we cannot afford to have a total open-door policy without any restrictions on entry.”

52. “Like many others, I’m deeply sympathetic to the huge numbers of people looking to come here today to escape suffering and poverty in their own lands. But as a country, we cannot afford to have a total open-door policy without any restrictions on entry.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “We’re in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God.”

53. “We’re in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.”

54. “If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “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.”

55. “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.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.”

56. “We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “I intend to vote for President George W. Bush in the next election, because in my view, he is best able to wage the war against international terrorism.”

57. “I intend to vote for President George W. Bush in the next election, because in my view, he is best able to wage the war against international terrorism.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “Carter couldn’t elect a dog-catcher.”

58. “Carter couldn’t elect a dog-catcher.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “I’m not an author, but before I became mayor, I wasn’t a mayor.”

59. “I’m not an author, but before I became mayor, I wasn’t a mayor.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “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.”

60. “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.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “If they don’t want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.”

61. “If they don’t want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can’t remake the world.”

62. “It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can’t remake the world.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “I want to come back as me.”

63. “I want to come back as me.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan’s Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.”

64. “Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan’s Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “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.”

65. “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.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale.”

66. “I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.”

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

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “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.”

68. “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.”

— Edward I. Koch

Edward I. Koch Quote: “It’s a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized.”

69. “It’s a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized.”

— Edward I. Koch

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