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

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

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.

We are having Internet Governance discussions and meetings and a very large number of people are discussing the future of the Internet who have no clue as to what the Internet is except that it is important and that they have to be involved.

Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.

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 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 important to distinguish between the power of the Internet to make the great change it can, and the limits and vulnerabilities of that change without real-time political mobilization deployed globally to protect those who venture out, especially in closed societies, into the heady new vistas it offers.

To fully absorb the lessons of the Internet, urge the Internet-centrists, we need to reshape our political and social institutions in its image.

What the Internet has done is it has decentralised power.