The True Democracy Democracy is the rule of an interacting, interpermiating whole. The present advocates of democracy have, therefore, little kinship with those ardent writers of the past who when they said they believed in the people were thinking of working-men only. The enthusiasts of democracy to-day are those who have caught sight of a great spiritual unity which is supported by the most vital trend in philosophical thought and by the latest biologists and social psychologists. It is, above all, what we have learnt of the psychical processes of association which makes us believe in democracy.
Democracy is the fullest possible acceptance of the single life.
Thus democracy, although often considered a centrifugal tendency, is rather a centripetal force. It is the finding of the one will to which the will of every single man and woman must contribute. Democracy is an infinitely including spirit. Democracy is really neither extending nor including merely, but creating wholes. This is the primitive urge of all life.