John Dewey: “And without abiding attachments associations are too shifting and shaken to permit a public readily to locate and…”

For the very familiarity with the phenomena conceals their significance and blinds us to their relation to immediate political problems.

In short, private acts may be socially valuable both by indirect consequences and by direct intention.

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

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