John Dewey: “The isolation of the humane subjects from one another is connected with their aloofness from physical knowledge.”

Freedom presented itself as an end in itself, though it signified in fact liberation from oppression and tradition.

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

The democratic public is still largely inchoate and unorganized.

But in this respect he does not differ from those explicitly designated public officials who have also been known to betray the interest committed to them instead of faithfully representing it.