Excerpt from Constructive Democracy: The Economics of a Square DealWhile neither of the historic parties in the United States is in any peculiar sense the custodian Of the constructive principle, it is nevertheless true that in a republic political results can only be achieved by means of party organization. But no party owns the public confidence, and no party can safely presume upon a long lease Of power because it has won a sweeping victory at the polls.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.