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Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.
Charles Edison
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Charles Edison
Age: 78 †
Born: 1890
Born: August 3
Died: 1969
Died: July 31
Businessperson
Former Governor Of New Jersey
Politician
West Orange
New Jersey
Charly Edison
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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 elected a governor who has made no promises of preferment to any man or group.
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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 simple, responsible, and less awkward.
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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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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.
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Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.
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Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.
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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.
Charles Edison
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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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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