107 Quotes by Ed Koch

I wake up every morning and say to myself, Well, I'm still in New York. Thank you, God.

Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry.

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.

But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?

I intend to vote for President George W. Bush in the next election, because in my view, he is best able to wage the war against international terrorism.

Tone can be as important as text.

Anybody who suggests that I run for governor is no friend of mine. It's a terrible position, and besides, it requires living in Albany, which is small-town life at its worst.

It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can't remake the world.

[The UN should remain in New York] because every country needs a cesspool. And the UN is always interesting as a theater of the absurd.