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 Copy Share Image
A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be altered to produce an arrangement that would be simple,… — Charles Edison Copy Share
I am confident that this legislature will rise above partisan bickering, especially after the public promises its members made last fall, and that it… — Charles Edison Copy Share
I have no desire to go in for tyranny or to play the part of King Charles. I hate tyranny in any field of… — Charles Edison Copy Share
It is my happy privilege to be able to stand here and tell you that if you elect me you will have elected a… — Charles Edison Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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… — Charles Edison Copy Share
He [Thomas Edison] considered [money] as a raw material, like metal, to be used rather than amassed, and so he kept plowing his funds… — Charles Edison Copy Share
Conscious of our many problems, I seek today to lay a foundation to our public policy. My fundamental purpose is to devote my term… — Charles Edison Copy Share
It is necessary to take an active part in politics to observe how often the welfare of the party organization is put before the… — Charles Edison Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I want to say here and now, that I demand unshakable integrity of every State employee. — Charles Edison Copy Share
Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments. They will arise and prosper, nevertheless, if true… — Charles Edison Copy Share
