John Dewey: “The prime condition of a democratically organized public is a kind of knowledge and insight which does not yet exist.”

Freedom presented itself as an end in itself, though it signified in fact liberation from oppression and tradition.

The relationships of husband and wife, parent and children, older and younger children, friend and friend, are the bonds from which authority proceeds.

But in this respect he does not differ from those explicitly designated public officials who have also been known to betray the interest committed to them instead of faithfully representing it.

What he believes, hopes for and aims at is the outcome of association and intercourse.