Core Quote by Mary Parker Follett

Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It…

— Brian Eno

Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.

— James Bryant Conant

The very essence of democracy is the absolute faith that while people must cooperate, the first function of democracy, its peculiar gift, is to…

— Edwin Land

In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.

— Anonymous

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…

— Mary Parker Follett

Democracy is extremely complex; it is extremely concrete. It's about constantly choosing, finding, developing practical options within the common good. Constantly searching for how…

— John Ralston Saul

The whole idea of a democracy is that we ourselves, the people, are supposed to make a path of our politics, and it is…

— Eugene Jarecki

While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.

— Charles Evans Hughes

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

— H. L. Mencken

Democracy is an internal subject of the developing society. There are fundamentals of democracy, and they should be understood universally in different countries.

— Vladimir Putin

Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".

— Abraham Lincoln

While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.

— Charles Evans Hughes