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

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.

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.

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.

I would rather be respected than elected.

Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.