John Dewey: “They affect thinking and desire more than did the interests which formerly moved the state.”

It rules but it does not regulate; for its rule is confined to receipt of tribute and ceremonial deference.

But he does so only at the cost of repression of those of his potentialities which can be realized only through membership in other groups.

That the state should be to some a deity and to others a devil is another evidence of the defects of the premises from which discussion sets out.

Personal loyalties to elders take the place of political obedience.