John Dewey: “And if they were competent after studying it, how many have the time to devote to it?”

The ties which hold men together in action are numerous, tough and subtle.

The relationships of husband and wife, parent and children, older and younger children, friend and friend, are the bonds from which authority proceeds.

The idea remains barren and empty save as it is incarnated in human relationships.

There was no logic which rendered necessary the appeal to the individual as an independent and isolated being.