If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.

Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.

A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.

Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.