John Dewey: “Indeed every serious political dispute turns upon the question whether a given political act is socially beneficial or…”

The local communities without intent or forecast found their affairs conditioned by remote and invisible organizations.

Custom consolidates what accident may have originated; established power has a way of legitimizing itself.

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.

But he does so only at the cost of repression of those of his potentialities which can be realized only through membership in other groups.