Other commentary on Henry A. Wallace includes:
“To those who love him he is the great upholder of human welfare, the proponent of the century of the common man, the advocate of an expanding economy, the champion of a policy that would create 60,000,000 jobs.” — New York Times
“The New Republic was founded to express the promise of American life. No American can express that promise as well and truly as Henry Wallace.” — former New Republic publisher Michael Straight
“His message was never one of partisan politics, but of morality and the common welfare." — Iowa State University
"Most of the ideas for which he was condemned as a radical are now viewed as common sense." — Peter Dreier, E.P. Clapp, Distinguished Professor of Politics and chair of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College
Roosevelt once said to him, "You know, Henry, the things you believe in are all going to come some day. Your problem is that you're just too far ahead of your time."
— Wallace biographer John Culver, in Iowa Public Television biography