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.

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.

In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely normal, but natural.

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 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.

I would rather be respected than elected.

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.