John Dewey: “But this conclusion is an obvious invitation to trial of forces to see where superior force lies.”

The ties which hold men together in action are numerous, tough and subtle.

Is the public much more than what a cynical diplomat once called Italy: a geographical expression?

The democratic public is still largely inchoate and unorganized.

They are reflections into the singular human being of customs and institutions; they are not natural, that is, “native,” organic propensities.