John Dewey: “We shall then be driven, unless we have recourse to mysticism, to decide that the public is born in a myth and is…”

There was no logic which rendered necessary the appeal to the individual as an independent and isolated being.

In other words, every officer of the public, whether he represents it as a voter or as a stated official, has a dual capacity.

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

Nor can the liberating and confirming results of public action be construed to yield a wholesale idealization of states in contrast with other associations.