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

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Ed Koch
Age: 88 †
Born: 1924
Born: December 12
Died: 2013
Died: February 1
Film Critic
Former United States Representative
Judge
Lawyer
Politician
Writer
The Bronx
New York City
Edward Irving Ed Koch
Edward I. Koch
Edward Irving Koch
States
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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.
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I happen to believe that there is nothing wrong with homosexuality. It’s whatever God made you. It happens that I’m heterosexual, but I don’t care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don’t have the ability to protect their rights.
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I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.
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I'm coming to the end of my life. I do reflect on what I've done for the 85 years that I have been given so far. And I'm proud of what I've done.
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I don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone.
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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.
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I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn't make a difference to me.
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Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact.
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God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.
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I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against.
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Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
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To learn something new every day is still exciting!
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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.
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I want to come back as me.
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