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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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Ed Koch
Age: 88 †
Born: 1924
Born: December 12
Died: 2013
Died: February 1
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Edward Irving Ed Koch
Edward I. Koch
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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 love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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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.
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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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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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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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The key to success in politics: Never forget, seldom forgive.
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We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.
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Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life.
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