Only the exigencies of a preconceived theory would confuse with the state that texture of friendships and attachments which is the chief bond in any community, or would insist that the former depends upon the latter for existence.
Dewey warns against confusing the state with the essential bonds of friendship that hold communities together.
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In no two ages or places is there the same public.
In other words, every officer of the public, whether he represents it as a voter or as a stated official, has a dual capacity.
There is therefore no necessary connection between the private character of an act and its non-social or anti-social character.
They persist as emotional cries rather than as reasoned ideas.