I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country.

I must firmly adhere to the views I have held and practice, that Socialism to succeed must be practical, tolerant, cohesive and consciously compromising with Progressive forces running, if not so far, in parallel lines towards its own goal.

You come before me this morning with clean hands and clean collars. I want you to have clean tongues, clean manners, clean morals and clean characters.

For the moment and for some time great events have been denied me, forward action not come my way.

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience.

Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand.

I am not ashamed to say that I am the son of a washerwoman.