Informed Citizenry Quotes

• A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Defense, Tyranny, Wells

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• An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Heart, Democracy, Citizenry

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• Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Trust, Rights, Government

  Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.106, Rowman & Littlefield

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• If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Education, Freedom, War

  Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey, 6 January 1816

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• Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Trust, Freedom, Educational

  Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.106, Rowman & Littlefield

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• An informed citizenry is the only true repository of the public will.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Informed Citizens, Citizenry

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• We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Business, Believe

  Albert Einstein (2017). “Einstein on Peace”, p.589, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are asked to make become increasingly complex. They require the longer-term thinking and greater tolerance for ambiguity that science fosters. The new economy is predicated on a continuous pipeline of scientific and technological innovation. It can not exist without workers and consumers who are mathematically and scientifically literate.

  Ann Druyan

  Wise, Thinking, Decision

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• Since an informed citizenry is the basis for a healthy democracy, independent, non-corporate media are more crucial today than ever before

  Dahr Jamail

  Independent, Media, Healthy

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• The 'well-informed citizenry is in danger of becoming the 'well-amused audience'.

  Al Gore

  Becoming, Danger, Wells

  Al Gore (2012). “The Assault on Reason: How the Politics of Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision-Making”, p.16, A&C Black

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• Nothing can stop the power of an informed citizenry when it is empowered, organized, and motivated.

  Ralph Nader

  Motivated, Empowered, Organized

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• Democracy can't function without an informed citizenry.

  Ryan Shapiro

  Democracy, Function, Citizenry

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• I want people to see the truth... regardless of who they are...
  because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a
  public.

  Chelsea Manning

  Truth, People, Decision

  "Manning-Lamo Chat Logs Revealed". www.wired.com. July 13, 2011.

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• Public Broadcasting System an entity designed to create an informed citizenry rather than to deliver consumers to advertisers.

  Pat Mitchell

  Media, Television, Broadcasting

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• Democracy cannot meaningfully function without an informed citizenry, and such a citizenry is impossible without broad public access to information about the operations of government.

  Ryan Shapiro

  Government, Democracy, Information

  Source: news.vice.com

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• Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry.

  Scott Turow

  Guarantees That, Democracy, Pillars

  "Let-Them-Eat-Cake-Attitude Threatens to Destroy a Network of Public Assets" by Scott Turow, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2011.

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