John Dewey: “Rules of law are in fact the institution of conditions under which persons make their arrangements with one another.”

It rules but it does not regulate; for its rule is confined to receipt of tribute and ceremonial deference.

In this distinction we find the germ of the distinction between the private and the public.

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

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.