John Dewey: “There is too much public, a public too diffused and scattered and too intricate in composition.”

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

It rules but it does not regulate; for its rule is confined to receipt of tribute and ceremonial deference.

The foe to be dreaded is interference of government.

Mistakes pile up and consolidate themselves into laws and methods of administration which are more harmful than the consequences which they were originally intended to control.