This comes to us courtesy of Koty Arnold:

"When a political party has been decisively defeated at the polls, the question naturally arises whether it will ever regain the support of a majority of the voters. The answer to this question depends upon the party itself. Defeat does not destroy a party, nor does success at any particular election insure a long life. If the principles which it represents and the policies which it advocates are sound and timely a party will survive indefinitely.”

"Political parties are successful so long as they represent the abiding convictions of the people. One of the first measures of their ability to govern the country is their ability to govern themselves. Their leaders should be chosen with deliberation, but when they have been chosen they should be permitted to lead. A party which gives itself over to factional controversy instead of public service cannot command the confidence of the country.”

—Calvin Coolidge, "Political Parties,” and "Party Loyalty and the Presidency,” Saturday Evening Post, 1934 [posthumous] and 1931.

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