John Dewey: “Adults are equally concerned to act so that the immature learn to think, feel, desire and habitually conduct themselves…”

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

The democratic public is still largely inchoate and unorganized.

But this conclusion is an obvious invitation to trial of forces to see where superior force lies.

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