There's a nastiness out there that wants to harm me with words. These are my enemies - the ideologues, the populists, the columnists who don't like the fact that I take them on toe-to-toe. What I try to do is tell the truth. It's not the coin of the realm in politics.
Ed KochDon't tell me this is a difficult problem. If it weren't difficult, it wouldn't be a problem.
Ed KochIn a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
Ed Koch