John Dewey: “This marks one of the first ideas framed in the growth of political…”

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This marks one of the first ideas framed in the growth of political democracy as it will be one of the last to be fulfilled.

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John Dewey

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Dewey emphasizes the enduring nature of political democracy and the challenges it faces in realization.

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Extensive, enduring, intricate and serious indirect consequences of the conjoint activity of a comparatively few persons traverse the globe.

The clear consciousness of a communal life, in all its implications, constitutes the idea of democracy.

They persist as emotional cries rather than as reasoned ideas.

Custom consolidates what accident may have originated; established power has a way of legitimizing itself.

John Dewey: “This marks one of the first ideas framed in the growth of political democracy as it will be one of the last to be…”