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Charles Edison

(1890–1969) Politician United States

18 quotes in 101 categories

Charles Edison was a politician from the United States, best known for Business negotiating power.

Quick Facts About Charles Edison

Born: August 3, 1890
Died: July 31, 1969
Nationality: United States
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Business negotiating power

About Charles Edison

Charles Edison was an American politician. He was the Assistant and then United States Secretary of the Navy, and served as the 42nd governor of New Jersey. Commonly known as "Lord Edison", he was a son of the inventor Thomas Edison and Mina Miller Edison.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

New Jersey Hall of Fame

Quotes by Charles Edison

A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be altered to produce an arrangement that would…

Altered

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I am confident that this legislature will rise above partisan bickering, especially after the public promises its members made last fall, and…

Civil service

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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…

Activity

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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…

Able

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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,…

Miracle

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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…

Emulate

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Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.

Economics

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He [Thomas Edison] considered [money] as a raw material, like metal, to be used rather than amassed, and so he kept plowing…

Action

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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…

Conscious

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I would rather be respected than elected.

Respect

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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…

Active

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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…

Clear

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

Here

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Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments. They will arise and prosper, nevertheless,…

Arise

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Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.

Constitution

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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

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Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.

Courageous

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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…

Democracy

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