John Dewey: “The measure of value of the remote and theocratic state lies in what it does not do.”

Personal loyalties to elders take the place of political obedience.

In short, private acts may be socially valuable both by indirect consequences and by direct intention.

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

The foe to be dreaded is interference of government.