Home / Quotes / Quote by John Dewey

Quote by John Dewey

“Resort to military force is a first sure sign that we are giving up the struggle for the democratic way of life, and that the Old World has conquered morally as well as geographically succeeding in imposing upon us its ideals and methods.”

Quote by John Dewey

Book:The Essential Dewey: Ethics, logic, psychology

Work

The Essential Dewey: Ethics, logic, psychology

This book is a curated selection of John Dewey's influential writings, exploring the intersections of ethics, logic, and psychology. It offers insights into Dewey's philosophical thought and his contributions to these fields. more

Author

John Dewey was an American philosopher and educator, born on October 20, 1859, and died on June 1, 1952. He was a leading figure in the philosophy of pragmatism and had a profound impact on 20th-century education, philosophy, and the social sciences. more

You May Also Like

“As believers in democracy we have not only the right but the duty to question existing mechanisms of, say, suffrage and to inquire whether some functional organization would not serve to formulate and manifest public opinion better than the existing methods. It is not irrelevant to the point that a score of passages could be cited in which Jefferson refers to the American Government as an experiment.”

Government Opinion Democracy Duty Organization Method Believer Experiments Score Manifest Passages Mechanism Irrelevant Public Opinion Suffrage American Government

Book:The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1938-1939

Source: The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1938-1939

“We have advanced far enough to say that democracy is a way of life. We have yet to realize that it is a way of personal life and one which provides a moral standard for personal conduct.”

Way Enough Realizing Moral Democracy Standards Personal Life

Book:The Political Writings

Source: The Political Writings

“I'm in fact a hair under six feet, but I'm very svelte. People would never see me if I turned sideways.”

People Ifs Facts Feet Hair Six Sideways

Author:Mo Rocca

“As men and women of character and of faith in the soundness of democratic methods, we must work like dogs to justify that faith.”

Men Character Dog Men And Women Method Democratic Justify Soundness

Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Democracy is not brute numbers; it is a genuine union of true individuals...the essence of democracy is creating. The technique of democracy is group organization.”

Individual Numbers Democracy Groups Creating Essence Organization Unions Technique Genuine Brutes

Author:Mary Parker Follett

“We are inclined to confuse freedom and democracy, which we regard as moral principles, with the way in which they are practiced in America with capitalism, federalism, and the two-party system, which are not moral principles but simply the preferred and accepted practices of the American people.”

People Way Two America Party Moral Principles Practice Democracy Capitalism Regard Accepted Moral Principles Federalism Two Party System

Author:J. William Fulbright

“In the United States, the Constitution is a health chart left by the Founding Fathers which shows whether or not the body politic is in good health. If the national body is found to be in poor health, the Founding Fathers also left a prescription for the restoration of health called the Declaration of Independence.”

“As the histories of ancient and modern democracies illustrate, the pressure of political movement in times of war, civil commotion, or general anxiety pushes in the direction of authority, not away from it.”

War Political Democracy Modern Movement Authority Anxiety Pressure Ancient Political Movements

Author:Robert Heilbroner

“Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.”

Men Way Democracy Equal Tolerance Premises

Author:Chester Himes

“We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve.”

People Kind Political Demand Deserve Boss Political Leadership

Book:Profiles in Courage

Source: Profiles in Courage