Charles Edison
Charles Edison
Charles Edisonwas a son of Thomas Edison and Mina Miller Edison. He was a businessman, who became Assistant and then United States Secretary of the Navy, and served as the 42nd Governor of New Jersey...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 August 1890
CountryUnited States of America
Charles Edison quotes about
progress our-society constitution
Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.
dollars raw-materials plowing
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.
above american-businessman capacity civil confident high last members partisan promises public
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.
american-businessman state
I want to say here and now, that I demand unshakable integrity of every State employee.