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

"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."

"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 a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy."

"There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise."

"We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men."

"Computers have virtually replaced tape recorders."