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Charles Edison Quotes: 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.
         

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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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.

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.



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

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



I would rather be respected than elected.

I would rather be respected than elected.



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.

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.



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.

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.



Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.



Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.

Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.



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.

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.



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

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



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.

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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Children with less opportunities often become adults with more flexibility.

Children with less opportunities often become adults with more flexibility.



When the flag is unfurled all reason is in the trumpet.

When the flag is unfurled all reason is in the trumpet.



It's the business that you guys are in too. We try to get as much information as we can and make the best decisions that we can for the football team.

It's the business that you guys are in too. We try to get as much information as we can and make the best decisions that we can for the football team.



I kinda threw the spotlight away from me for a little while.

I kinda threw the spotlight away from me for a little while.



A unitary urbanism — the synthesis of art and technology that we call for — must be constructed according to certain new values of life, values which now need to be distinguished and disseminated.

A unitary urbanism — the synthesis of art and technology that we call for — must be constructed according to certain new values of life, values which now need to be distinguished and disseminated.



If we don't go far enough fast enough, the damage we inflict could take centuries to undo - if it can be undone at all.

If we don't go far enough fast enough, the damage we inflict could take centuries to undo - if it can be undone at all.



Architecture is what nature cannot make. Architecture is something unnatural but not something made up.

Architecture is what nature cannot make. Architecture is something unnatural but not something made up.



Beliefs are dangerous. Beliefs allow the mind to stop functioning. A non-functioning mind is clinically dead. Believe in nothing.

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Love gives beauty to everything it touches.

Love gives beauty to everything it touches.




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