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.Charles Edison
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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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
I am confident that this legislature will rise above partisan bickering, especially after the public promises its members made last fall, and that it will demonstrate a high capacity for civil service.
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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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