"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."

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"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."

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"One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the nations of the world."

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"Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure."

Camille Paglia, American Author

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"A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal."

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"Some may seek revenge, but this is not our policy."

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"We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might."

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"So just as I want pilots on the planes that I fly, when it comes to monetary policy, I want to think that there is someone with sound judgement at the controls."

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"One thing is obvious: Our policy, which is directed at making the country ungovernable, has started to bear fruit. The process that has been initiated is irreversible."

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"Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy."

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"It was never a policy of the Kent team that the pitch must be occupied all day after winning the toss."

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"The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary pressure."

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"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."

Man

"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."

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"I want to say here and now, that I demand unshakable integrity of every State employee."

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"Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still."

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"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."

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"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."

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"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."

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

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"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."

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"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."

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