Mary Parker Follett Quotes about Democracy

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In the small group then is where we shall find the inner meaning of democracy, its very heart and core.

In the small group then is where we shall find the inner meaning of democracy, its very heart and core.

Mary Parker Follett

Heart, Democracy, Groups

Democracy must be conceived as a process, not a goal.

Mary Parker Follett

Goal, Democracy, Process

Mary Parker Follett (1918). “The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government”, p.99, Penn State Press

A fatal defect in majority rule is that by its very nature it abolishes itself. Majority rule must inevitably become minority rule: the majority is too big to handle itself; it organizes itself into committees ... which in their turn resolve themselves into a committee of one.

Mary Parker Follett

Majority Rule, Democracy, Minorities

Mary Parker Follett (1918). “The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government”, p.143, Penn State Press