John Dewey: “By our hypothesis all governments are representative in that they purport to stand for the interests which a public has…”

For the very familiarity with the phenomena conceals their significance and blinds us to their relation to immediate political problems.

The idea remains barren and empty save as it is incarnated in human relationships.

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.

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