John Dewey: “Freedom presented itself as an end in itself, though it signified in fact liberation from oppression and tradition.”

There are those who speak as if ability to choose between two tickets were a high exercise of individual freedom.

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.

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

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