“The public is a political actor that knows (and constitutes) itself by knowing (and defining) its interests. Which also means that debates about what the public is and does, how it can articulate itself and act, are—in their peculiar, self-reflective circularity—a driving force in the deliberative process that is the root of democratic politics.” — Laura Bieger

“The metaphor of people traveling down a road together or creating music collectively offer devices for individuals from different backgrounds with different experiences, perspectives, and interests to recognize and reinforce each other’s dignity by working together.” — Barbara Tomlinson & George Lipsitz

“The progress of national consciousness among the people modifies and gives precision to the literary utterances of the native intellectual. The continued cohesion of the people constitutes for the intellectual an invitation to go farther than his cry of protest…

The crystallisation of the national consciousness will both disrupt literary styles and themes, and also create a completely new public. “ — Frantz Fanon

“In an experience, flow is from something to something. As one part leads into another, and as one part carried on what went before, each gains distinctness in itself. The enduring whole is diversified by successive phases that are emphases of its varied colors.” — John Dewey