I want to say here and now, that I demand unshakable integrity of every State employee.
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Charles Edison Quote
“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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