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Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact.

Ed Koch

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Ed Koch
Age: 88 †
Born: 1924
Born: December 12
Died: 2013
Died: February 1
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Former United States Representative
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The Bronx
New York City
Edward Irving Ed Koch
Edward I. Koch
Edward Irving Koch
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The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I wake up every morning and say to myself, Well, I'm still in New York. Thank you, God.
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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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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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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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