On the other hand, it is just as idle for Congressmen to seek to excuse themselves as a body by uttering jeremiads as to the improper way in which their constituents press them to do things that ought not to be done.
He criticizes Congressmen for trying to excuse their actions instead of addressing the demands from their constituents.
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I wish to say that the Progressive Party is making its appeal to all our fellow citizens without any regard to their creed or to their birthplace.
No man is worth his salt in public life who makes on the stump a pledge which he does not keep after election; and, if he makes such a pledge and does not keep it, hunt him out of public life.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.
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