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17 quotes by Charles Edison

Charles Edison (1890-1969) c. 1900 Charles Edison (August 3, 1890 – July 31, 1969) was a son of Thomas Edison and Mina Miller. He was a businessman, who became Assistant and then United States Secretary of the Navy, and served as the 42nd Governor of New Jersey.
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I want to say here and now, that I demand unshakable integrity of every State employee.

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Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.

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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.

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

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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... →

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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... →

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Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.

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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... →

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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 before the issues, even before... →

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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... →

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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.

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I would rather be respected than elected.

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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.

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