New technologies offer new ways of expressing this democracy. However, two threats are looming: on the one hand, the inequality of citizens faced with digital technology, known as the digital divide; and, on the other, the risk associated with the use of public data, known as open data.

I believe in the genius of the people, as long as the mass media don't dumb them down and turn them into dumb masses.

Democracy is no longer a commitment to equality, but to the ability to be different, while being treated equally. It is no longer a demand for free expression, but for self-expression, so as not to sink into the black hole of globality.

The most excellent symbol of the people is the cobblestone. You walk on it until it falls on your head.

Democracy is the government of the people exercising unfettered sovereignty.

Chance has never yet satisfied the hopes of a suffering people.

The Swiss show impressively that there is a difference between what is said in the pub and what the people think.

Democracy should guarantee the weakest the same opportunities as the strongest.

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

If we want real change, if we want greater authenticity and transparency, it will have to come from below, through our demands, our voice, but also through our consumer choices. We all have the power... the power of our wallets!