To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up.
George H. MeadSocial psychology has, as a rule, dealt with various phases of social experience from the psychological standpoint of individual experience.
George H. MeadWarfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations.
George H. MeadIn wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves.
George H. Mead