John Dewey: “Quickened intellectual insight also makes possible invention of new political devices.”

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.

The local communities without intent or forecast found their affairs conditioned by remote and invisible organizations.

The democratic public is still largely inchoate and unorganized.

In short, private acts may be socially valuable both by indirect consequences and by direct intention.