John Dewey: “Without such communication the public will remain shadowy and formless, seeking spasmodically for itself, but seizing…”

In no two ages or places is there the same public.

There is therefore no necessary connection between the private character of an act and its non-social or anti-social character.

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

The democratic public is still largely inchoate and unorganized.