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Social Worker

Mary Parker Follett was an outstanding social worker, born on September 3, 1868, and died on December 18, 1933. Known for her innovative social work methods and leadership, she had a profound impact on the development of modern social work.

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Famous Mary Parker Follett Quotes

“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.”

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Book:The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government

Source: The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government

“Democracy must be conceived as a process, not a goal.”

Process Goal Democracy

Book:The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government

Source: The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government

“In the small group then is where we shall find the inner meaning of democracy, its very heart and core.”

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“Democracy is not brute numbers; it is a genuine union of true individuals...the essence of democracy is creating. The technique of democracy is group organization.”

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“Democracy is self-creating coherence.”

Self Democracy Creating Intelligence Coherence

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“Majority rule rests on numbers; democracy rests on the well-grounded assumption that society is neither a collection of units nor an organism but a network of human relations.”

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Book:The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government

Source: The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government

“The paradox of American democracy has been that its slogan of equal opportunity has meant, often, equal opportunity to get power over your fellows.”

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Author:Mary Parker Follett

About the Author

Born: September 3, 1868
Died: December 18, 1933
Known for: Social Worker
Quotes: 86

Books & Sources

Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920sRelated source material

The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular GovernmentRelated source material

Freedom and Co-ordination (RLE: Organizations): Lectures in Business OrganizationRelated source material

Dynamic administration: the collected papers of Mary Parker FollettRelated source material

Creative ExperienceRelated source material

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