American - Businessman | August 3, 1890 - July 31, 1969
Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.
Charles Edison
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Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamental purpose is to devote my term of office to raising the standard of public service in New Jersey.
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In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past.
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Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.
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Any man who takes a job with the idea that it is simply a springboard for something else is a chump. His attention will be more on the other things than on the job at hand and so he will fail.
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It is necessary to take an active part in politics to observe how often the welfare of the party organization is put before the issues, even before the welfare of the commonwealth.
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In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely normal, but natural.
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My goal was to make New Jersey's state government a model for all other states to emulate, hopefully thereby to stem, or at least slow down, the flow of power to the federal government.
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Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.
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I would rather be respected than elected.
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It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have elected a governor who has made no promises of preferment to any man or group.
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I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience.
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