ABSTRACT
Speed has become an essential quality in any programme of political action. Leisurely politics will only lead to a sense of frustration and despair. There can be no more dangerous threat to Democracy than complacency at a time when so many millions of our people are burdened with poverty or unemployment, and yet are convinced that society can be more sanely organized. The principle of government by consent and free discussion must be made much more fully operative through the extension of education—that cardinal function of a democratic State; through the improvement of the system of representation, and through the further breaking down of barriers of class and privilege. The machine of government must be directed by democratic leadership. Our country, if it will guard its liberties and vitalize its democracy, extend its education, and accept the responsibilities of leadership may serve the world by its example.
