Excerpt from Why Should We Change Our Form of Government?: Studies in Practical Politics
Why is it that in the United States the words politics and politician have associations that are chiefly of evil omen? Why is it that in the United States the phrase, to play politics, means to cajole the mob or to descend to practices of doubtful honor? In the true and broad sense of the word, politics is one of man's highest concerns, and nowhere should the word have loftier and nobler associations than in a twentieth century democracy. The fact that this is not the case indicates the measure of our failure, as yet, to place our public life and our governmental administration upon the plane where they ought to be.
There is a singular and discouraging discrepancy between the political expositions and discussions of a century ago and those of today.
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