John Dewey: “In spite of sudden and catastrophic revolutions, the essential continuity of history is doubly guaranteed.”

Freedom presented itself as an end in itself, though it signified in fact liberation from oppression and tradition.

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

The democratic public is still largely inchoate and unorganized.

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.