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 be simple, responsible, and less awkward. (Charles Edison)

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. (Charles Edison)

Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments. They will arise and prosper, nevertheless, if true believers of democracy - citizens devoted to the democratic ideals - do not constantly oppose them. (Charles Edison)

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. (Charles Edison)

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable. (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. (Charles Edison)

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. (Charles Edison)

I know that we can now turn to our national and our state problems not as Republicans and Democrats, but as Americans, united to serve our country. (Charles Edison)

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 would rather be respected than elected. (Charles Edison)