1. America and the Progressive Movement
John Dewey states that "government exists to serve its community, and that this purpose cannot be achieved unless the community shares in selecting it governors and determining their policies" (445). ... Instead of lessening the protection of these individuals, it is important that the state find ways to strengthen them from the corporate world. ... In the "Promise of American Life," Croly states that the "only way to secure individual liberty is consequently to organize a state in which the sovereign power is deprived of any rational excuse or legal opportunity of violatin...
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