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List of William Scranton Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 13 inspiring quotes by William Scranton.

About William Scranton

  • Born: July 19, 1917
  • Died: July 28, 2013
  • Occupation: Former Governor Of Pennsylvania
    • You need a graphic understanding of a situation to make a complete judgment and we didn't have that.
    Understanding Needs Judgment
    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.
    Ideas People Would Be
    And if you're not going to have a clear health threat, you don't want to panic people.
    People Want Panic
    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.
    School People Radiation
    And i remember walking in there and, i must say, i was quite unnerved the closer i got to it.
    Remember Walking
    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.
    Morning Facts Moments
    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.
    Morning Islands Eight
    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.
    Morning Sea Giving
    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.
    Strong Morning Essence
    By thursday morning, we'd gotten over the worst of it.
    Morning Thursday Worst
    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.
    Morning Islands Water
    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.
    Tests Suits Take Me
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