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The only freedom that is of enduring importance is the freedom of intelligence, that is to say, freedom of observation and of judgment, exercised in behalf of purposes that are intrinsically worth while. The commonest

The only freedom that is of enduring importance is the freedom of intelligence, that is to say, freedom of observation and of judgment, exercised in behalf of purposes that are intrinsically worth while. The commonest mistake made about freedom is, I think, to identify it with freedom of movement, or, with the external or physical side of activity.

John Dewey
Wisdom, Mistake, Thinking
John Dewey (1998). “Experience and Education, 60th Anniversary Edition”, p.69, Kappa Delta Pi

The demand for liberty is a demand for power, either for possession of powers of action not already possessed or for retention and expansion of powers already possessed.

John Dewey
Wisdom, Liberty, Expansion
John Dewey (1987). “The Later Works, 1925-1953”, p.360, SIU Press

The problem of restoring integration and co-operation between man's beliefs about the world in which he lives and his beliefs about values and purposes that should direct his conduct is the deepest problem modern life. It is the problem of any philosophy that is not isolated from life.

John Dewey
Wisdom, Philosophy, Men
John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Stephen Toulmin (2008). “The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1929”, p.204, SIU Press

Historically the great movements for human liberation have always been movements to change institutions and not to preserve them intact. It follows from what has been said that there have been movements to bring about a changed distribution of power to do - and power to think and to express thought is a power to do- so that there would be a more balanced, a more equal, even, and equitable system of human liberties.

John Dewey
Wisdom, Thinking, Distribution Of Power
John Dewey (1987). “The Later Works, 1925-1953”, p.362, SIU Press

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