John Dewey: “Equality denotes the unhampered share which each individual member of the community has in the consequences of…”

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

The clear consciousness of a communal life, in all its implications, constitutes the idea of democracy.

They are reflections into the singular human being of customs and institutions; they are not natural, that is, “native,” organic propensities.

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.