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Top 10 William Scranton Quotes (2025 Update)

William Scranton Quote: “The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.”

1. “The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.”

— William Scranton

William Scranton Quote: “By Thursday morning, we’d gotten over the worst of it.”

2. “By Thursday morning, we’d gotten over the worst of it.”

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William Scranton Quote: “The first one, obviously, was walking into my office at eight o’clock in the morning on Wednesday, and being told there was a telephone call saying that there was an incident at Three Mile Island, and that it had shut down and that beyond that we didn’t know.”

3. “The first one, obviously, was walking into my office at eight o’clock in the morning on Wednesday, and being told there was a telephone call saying that there was an incident at Three Mile Island, and that it had shut down and that beyond that we didn’t know.”

— William Scranton

William Scranton Quote: “Another very strong image from the first day was giving my initial press conference in the morning – going down and finding out that everything I had said, the essence of what I had said, was wrong.”

4. “Another very strong image from the first day was giving my initial press conference in the morning – going down and finding out that everything I had said, the essence of what I had said, was wrong.”

— William Scranton

William Scranton Quote: “And if you’re not going to have a clear health threat, you don’t want to panic people.”

5. “And if you’re not going to have a clear health threat, you don’t want to panic people.”

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William Scranton Quote: “My time inside there was very short compared to the amount of time it took to take on and take off this suit and to test me for how much radioactivity I have.”

6. “My time inside there was very short compared to the amount of time it took to take on and take off this suit and to test me for how much radioactivity I have.”

— William Scranton

William Scranton Quote: “You need a graphic understanding of a situation to make a complete judgment and we didn’t have that.”

7. “You need a graphic understanding of a situation to make a complete judgment and we didn’t have that.”

— William Scranton

William Scranton Quote: “There were schools and hospitals who were ready to take people with undescribed injuries, but not necessarily ready to take people with severe radiation poisoning.”

8. “There were schools and hospitals who were ready to take people with undescribed injuries, but not necessarily ready to take people with severe radiation poisoning.”

— William Scranton

William Scranton Quote: “And I remember walking in there and, I must say, I was quite unnerved the closer I got to it.”

9. “And I remember walking in there and, I must say, I was quite unnerved the closer I got to it.”

— William Scranton

William Scranton Quote: “And at ten, or whatever time, in the morning we had the press conference, what we knew is there had been an incident at Three Mile Island, that it was shut down, that there was water that had escaped but it was contained.”

10. “And at ten, or whatever time, in the morning we had the press conference, what we knew is there had been an incident at Three Mile Island, that it was shut down, that there was water that had escaped but it was contained.”

— William Scranton

William Scranton Quote: “I was scheduled to give my first official press conference that morning anyway, ’cause I was chairman of the Governors Energy Council and I was making a press conference with regard to energy policy.”

11. “I was scheduled to give my first official press conference that morning anyway, ’cause I was chairman of the Governors Energy Council and I was making a press conference with regard to energy policy.”

— William Scranton

William Scranton Quote: “Nobody could tell us or really had a very good idea, if there were a massive release of radiation, what kind of medical treatment people were going to need and this or that, or, indeed, whether there would be medical personnel around.”

12. “Nobody could tell us or really had a very good idea, if there were a massive release of radiation, what kind of medical treatment people were going to need and this or that, or, indeed, whether there would be medical personnel around.”

— William Scranton

William Scranton Quote: “What I had said in the morning was that this is what we know has happened, but there has been no significant off-site release. Only to find out moments later that, in fact, there had been an off-site release. I still haven’t gotten over that.”

13. “What I had said in the morning was that this is what we know has happened, but there has been no significant off-site release. Only to find out moments later that, in fact, there had been an off-site release. I still haven’t gotten over that.”

— William Scranton

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