Now, I am a part of returning nature, of the inevitable rebound toward the spirit of liberalism.

In the thought of the people who voted for me, I stand for the indestructible common sense of the American mind.

I am one of the first signs of the new times." "And you believe that you prove this," asked Stephen frankly, "by turning over your power of appointment to a group of self-interested politicians?
You show your ability to govern by evading the first requirement of good government--that there should be honest and able men in control of public offices ?" A flicker came and went in the blue eyes.

"I told you the other day," answered Vetch in a low voice, "that I used the tools at my command, and I tell you now that I am sometimes forced to use rotten ones.

People say that I am an opportunist; but who has ever discovered any other policy that deals with life so completely?
They say also that I am without public conscience--another name for opinions that have crystallized into prejudices.