John Dewey: “The result was a skew, a deflection and distortion, in democratic forms.”

They are reflections into the singular human being of customs and institutions; they are not natural, that is, “native,” organic propensities.

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.

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

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.