John Dewey: “The democratic public is still largely inchoate and unorganized.”

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

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.

But it indicates where the problem resides, whatever guise it assumes.