It is better, if possible, to start from the latter and see if we are not led thereby into an idea of something which will turn out to implicate the marks and signs which characterize political behavior.
Dewey emphasizes the importance of starting from the right ideas to understand political behavior.
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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.
The idea remains barren and empty save as it is incarnated in human relationships.
The local communities without intent or forecast found their affairs conditioned by remote and invisible organizations.
They are reflections into the singular human being of customs and institutions; they are not natural, that is, “native,” organic propensities.