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I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.

The potential for the abuse of power through digital networks - upon which we the people now depend for nearly everything, including our politics - is one of the most insidious threats to democracy in the Internet age.

It is not inevitable that the Internet will evolve in a manner compatible with democracy.

The web's democratic in one way and distinctly undemocratic in another way. And I think a lot of the confusion about the political ramifications have to do with that one word having so many meanings. So, it's democratic in that it quite literally delivers power to the people; it, it essentially opens up participation in the public's mind.

The Internet has brought democracy to so many other things. It's about time the Internet brought democracy to democracy.

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.

The Internet was crucial for our success. It is a great thing. It is a big democracy because people can choose what they like.

The critical question is: How do we ensure that the Internet develops in a way that is compatible with democracy?

I come from the school who thought the Internet could be the great democratising force, that getting rid of the gatekeepers was a positive move.

A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government.