John Dewey: “The prime condition of a democratically organized public is a kind of knowledge and insight which does not yet exist.”

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

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

There is therefore no necessary connection between the private character of an act and its non-social or anti-social character.

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