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Thus it happens that the state, instead of being all absorbing and inclusive, is under some circumstances the most idle and empty of social arrangements.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “Thus it happens that the state, instead of being all absorbing and inclusive, is under some circumstances the most idle…”
Editor's note · Context
This statement suggests that the state can sometimes be ineffective or irrelevant in social matters.
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In no two ages or places is there the same public.
There is therefore no necessary connection between the private character of an act and its non-social or anti-social character.
What he believes, hopes for and aims at is the outcome of association and intercourse.
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.