John Dewey: “A fact of community life which is not spread abroad so as to be a common possession is a contradiction in terms.”

For the older symbols of ideal life still engage thought and command loyalty.

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

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

That the state should be to some a deity and to others a devil is another evidence of the defects of the premises from which discussion sets out.