A civically engaged citizenry feeds oxygen to our democracy.

A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

— Thomas Jefferson

You cannot have 300-some million Americans - and really, right, the global citizenry be at risk of having their phone conversations intercepted with a…

— Ted Lieu

Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance.

— David Blunkett

One reason the United States finds itself at the edge of a foreign policy disaster is its underinformed citizenry, a key weakness in democracy.

— Stefan Halper

Higher education is confronting challenges, like the economy is, about the need for a higher number of more adequately trained, more highly educated citizenry.

— Margaret Spellings

Democracy is not about trust; it is about distrust. It is about accountability, exposure, open debate, critical challenge, and popular input and feedback from…

— Michael Parenti

I have spoken about what we can do as citizens, what we can do as a responsive citizenry, and this is where we have…

— Terry Tempest Williams

A popular feel for scientific endeavors should, if possible, be restored given the needs of the twenty-first century. This does not mean that every…

— Walter Isaacson

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

— William F. Buckley, Jr

And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind is closed, the leader…

— Julius Caesar

I think it's something that the citizenry needs to be vigilant about - participating in democracy, and that includes issues like what's going on…

— Matt Damon

Today's political leaders demonstrate their low opinion of the public with every social law they pass. They believe that, if given the right to…

— Mark Skousen

“When justice is prioritized by any leader at any level then to give justice to the citizenry will always be at the back of…

— Sunday Adelaja

I feel that the Second Amendment is the right to keep and bear arms for our citizenry. This not for someone who's in the…

— Sharron Angle

This has been the new normal since September 11. Everyone knows, but nobody says, that if something happens again, the elite consensus in this…

— Charlie Pierce