I Would Rather Be Respected Than Elected.

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.

In Physics, To Be In Two Places At The Same Time Would Be A Miracle; In Politics It Seems Not Merely Normal, But Natural.

He [thomas Edison] Considered [money] As A Raw Material, Like Metal, To Be Used Rather Than Amassed, And So He Kept Plowing His Funds Into New Projects. Several Times He Was All But Bankrupt. But He Refused To Let Dollar Signs Govern His Actions.

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.

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.