John Dewey: “The problem is now conceived as that of bringing individuals as such under the control of society as a collectivity.”

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

In this distinction we find the germ of the distinction between the private and the public.

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.