More From Ed Koch
- "I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don’t understand the nature of government."
- "No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What’s cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don’t want to do that."
- "There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate."
More In History
- "Barack Obama is one of the greatest politicians in American history."― John Podhoretz
- "Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing they’re whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language, their religion, whatever they’ve got. I can’t possibly manipulate all of that, nor do I want to."― David Cronenberg
- "One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That’s the new gloss on the 1st Amendment."― William O. Douglas