John Dewey: “They supplied the man-made instrumentalities by which the new governmental agencies were grasped and used to suit the…”

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.

There are even those who hold that the presumption is always that social loss will result from agents of the public doing anything which could be done by persons in their private capacity.

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

What he believes, hopes for and aims at is the outcome of association and intercourse.