I was myself so smitten in public opinion that it was the almost universal view that my political life was at last ended.

I realize that anybody that is trying to travel a middle road in any such thing as a great political process of the United States is attacked from both sides.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

I believe that a political party, to be a useful agency in this country for the promotion of the happiness of our people, must be a progressive, dynamic force; it must have a doctrine, a program, legislative and otherwise, that is; moderate in its approach, avoiding extremes of right and left.

Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history.

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.