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If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents.

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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
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I don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone.
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But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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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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We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.
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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.
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