If we introduce the idea of the public at all, we are bound to say that it was assumed without question that certain persons were fit to be rulers because of traits independent of political considerations.
Dewey discusses the assumptions made about the fitness of rulers based on non-political traits.
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The democratic public is still largely inchoate and unorganized.
What he believes, hopes for and aims at is the outcome of association and intercourse.
The ties which hold men together in action are numerous, tough and subtle.
That the state should be to some a deity and to others a devil is another evidence of the defects of the premises from which discussion sets out.