Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can…

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Going through intense change with an ignorant and apathetic citizenry, driven by a corporate agenda, is a really, really scary proposition. But going into…

— Tim DeChristopher

The city might be savage, stray dogs might share the streets with grimy urchins whose blank eyes reflected the knowledge that they might soon…

— Jeff VanderMeer

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

— Ralph Nader

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

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

— William F. Buckley, Jr

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

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

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

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

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

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

— David Blunkett

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

A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.

— Thomas Jefferson