John Dewey: “We can hardly select a better trait to serve as a mark and sign of the nature of a state than a point just mentioned…”

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 he does so only at the cost of repression of those of his potentialities which can be realized only through membership in other groups.

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.

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.