Charles Edison

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable. ↗

— Charles Edison

#inseparable #often #personalities #politics

I want to say here and now, that I demand unshakable integrity of every State employee. ↗

— Charles Edison

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A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be altered to produce an arrangement that would be simple, responsible, and less awkward. ↗

— Charles Edison

#arrangement #awkward #confusing #constitution #courts

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. ↗

— Charles Edison

#attention #else #fail #hand #his

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. ↗

— Charles Edison

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I have no desire to go in for tyranny or to play the part of King Charles. I hate tyranny in any field of human activity. ↗

— Charles Edison

#any #charles #desire #field #go

I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience. ↗

— Charles Edison

#conscience #except #i #make #my own

I would rather be respected than elected. ↗

— Charles Edison

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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. ↗

— Charles Edison

#miracle #natural #normal #physics #places

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. ↗

— Charles Edison

#before #election #go #merely #never