I would not say that the latter statement applies literally to individuals, but it cannot be gainsaid that singular human beings exist and behave in constant and varied association with one another.
Dewey acknowledges the existence of individuals while highlighting their social interactions.
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For the very familiarity with the phenomena conceals their significance and blinds us to their relation to immediate political problems.
Extensive, enduring, intricate and serious indirect consequences of the conjoint activity of a comparatively few persons traverse the globe.
In other words, every officer of the public, whether he represents it as a voter or as a stated official, has a dual capacity.
Mistakes pile up and consolidate themselves into laws and methods of administration which are more harmful than the consequences which they were originally intended to control.