John Dewey: “An inchoate public is capable of organization only when indirect consequences are perceived, and when it is possible to…”

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

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

In other words, every officer of the public, whether he represents it as a voter or as a stated official, has a dual capacity.

But in this respect he does not differ from those explicitly designated public officials who have also been known to betray the interest committed to them instead of faithfully representing it.