John Dewey: “Popular government has at least created public spirit even if its success in informing that spirit has not been great.”

Nothing better exhibits the scope of the movement than the fact that philosophic theories of knowledge made the same appeal to the self, or ego, in the form of personal consciousness identified with mind itself, that political theory made…

But this conclusion is an obvious invitation to trial of forces to see where superior force lies.

For the older symbols of ideal life still engage thought and command loyalty.

In other words, every officer of the public, whether he represents it as a voter or as a stated official, has a dual capacity.