John Dewey: “We seem to be approaching a state of government by hired promoters of opinion called publicity agents.”

The idea remains barren and empty save as it is incarnated in human relationships.

The democratic public is still largely inchoate and unorganized.

In no two ages or places is there the same public.

There are even those who hold that the presumption is always that social loss will result from agents of the public doing anything which could be done by persons in their private capacity.