I no more expected special consideration in politics than I would have expected it in the boxing ring.

I wished to act squarely to others, and I wished to be able to show that I could hold my own as against others.

The attitude of my new friends toward me was first one of polite reserve, and then that of friendly alliance.

Afterwards I became admitted to comradeship, and then to leadership.

I need hardly say how earnestly I believe that men should have a keen and lively sense of their obligations in politics, of their duty to help forward great causes, and to struggle for the betterment of conditions that are unjust to their fellows, the men and women who are less fortunate in life.