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.

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

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.

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.

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.

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.

I would rather be respected than elected.