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Answer 1

Plato. The Philosopher King Concept applies perfectly to NJ's strong governor constitution.

Answer 2

St. Augustine. There's a City of Man and a City of God; and this sure as hell ain't the latter.

Answer 3

Hobbes. The ship of state in New Jersey is more like a Leviathan.

Answer 4

Machiavelli. It's a variation of what Christie said at every town hall. "Better to be feared than loved."

Answer 5

Berkeley. This world doesn't really exist. At least, I hope it doesn't!

Answer 6

Voltaire. "I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

Answer 7

Kierkegaard. Politics - kind of like life - is a leap of faith.

Answer 8

Hegel. New Jersey's government bureaucracy is like a Hegelian finite-infinite system.

Answer 9

Nietzsche. It's like what Kelly Clarkson said. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

Answer 10

Oprah Winfrey. Hello! Dead Western European dues have ZERO application to the Here and Now of Trump Time.

INSIDERNJ POLL: New Jersey Politics is Best Expressed by the Works of Which of These Political Philosophers?