Ed Koch Quotes

I never like to talk about my own politics, but whether you're left, right or center, the 2008 race was definitely good drama.

It's a hard job to become president.

The candidate of the Reds, the Pinks, the Blues and the Yellows.

It's important to know enough about all of the candidates to make an informed choice, and our candidate is Hillary Clinton.

Obviously, we have a political season in the United States, and there's always different winds that blow on that.

I am Jim Gray, and I am the guy who is going to beat Rand Paul.

I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now.

As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even people I would date.

Presidential candidates don't chew gum.

I actually had a dream that one of my friends became president, and I was trying to help out with the campaign. It was pretty good.

I can't believe George Bush might be president.

Presidential politics is not like a golf tournament. There’s no prize for second place.

Any man who can carry a Republican primary is a man.

The only test of electability is getting elected.

The last I checked, this is an election, and in an election we play politics.

The difference between a horse race and a political race is that in a horse race the whole horse runs.

The outcome of an election depends on the candidate, not the people on the sidelines [advisors, handlers, etc.]

'Election' - I just loved the script, and I loved having the part.

I can't comment on what every single presidential candidate is saying or doing.

I have decided not to run for president.

I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.

I could run for Congress. Why not? Good heavens, if Ronald Reagan can be president, I ought to make a great secretary of the treasury.

Certainly I had my preference, and I very much hoped that George W. Bush would be our next president.

I ran for president in 1996.

I'm not going to run for political office.