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John Dewey: Nor can the liberating and confirming results of public action be construed to yield a wholesale idealization of states…

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Nor can the liberating and confirming results of public action be construed to yield a wholesale idealization of states in contrast with other associations.
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John Dewey

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Dewey cautions against idealizing states based on their positive public actions.

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