John Dewey: “It is not the business of political philosophy and science to determine what the state in general should or must be.”

There are those who speak as if ability to choose between two tickets were a high exercise of individual freedom.

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.

The foe to be dreaded is interference of government.

The relationships of husband and wife, parent and children, older and younger children, friend and friend, are the bonds from which authority proceeds.