Democracy is self-creating coherence.

I am convinced that any feeling of exaltation because we have people under us should be conquered, for I am sure that if we enjoy being over people, there will be something in our manner which will make them dislike being under us.

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.

Crowd action is the outcome of agreement based on concurrence of emotion rather than of thought.

we certainly do not want to abolish power, that would be abolishing life itself, but we need a new orientation toward it.

What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that these should not be considered the same.

... orders come from the work, not work from the orders.