The struggle for democracy has to be maintained on as many fronts as culture has aspects: political, economic, international, educational, scientific and artistic, religious.
John DeweyIt is obvious to any observer that in every western country the increase of importance of public schools has been at least coincident with the relaxation of older family ties.
John DeweyAs long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance.
John DeweyI should venture to assert that the most pervasive fallacy of philosophic thinking goes back to neglect of context.
John DeweyThe young of human beings compare so poorly in original efficiency with the young of many of the lower animals, that even the powers needed for physical sustentation have to be acquired under tuition. How much more, then, is this the case with respect to all the technological, artistic, scientific, and moral achievements of humanity!
John Dewey