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> [Democracy can't function without an informed citizenry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-shapiro/democracy-can-t-function-without-an-informed-citizenry/)

[Ryan Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-shapiro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/ryan-shapiro-48783_citizenry_democracy-can-t-function-without-an-info_216355.jpg)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-shapiro/democracy-cannot-meaningfully-function-without-an-informed-citizenry/)

[Ryan Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-shapiro/)

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## Other authors on Citizenry

## More by Ryan Shapiro

> [I am calling on all citizens with access to unreleased records pertaining to illegal, unconstitutional, or immoral government activities to return those records to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-shapiro/i-am-calling-on-all-citizens-with-access-to-unreleased-records/)

[Ryan Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-shapiro/)

> [Democracy can't function without an informed citizenry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-shapiro/democracy-can-t-function-without-an-informed-citizenry/)

[Ryan Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-shapiro/)

> [Democracy cannot meaningfully function without an informed citizenry, and such a citizenry is impossible without broad public access to information about the operations of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-shapiro/democracy-cannot-meaningfully-function-without-an-informed-citizenry/)

[Ryan Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-shapiro/)

> [The notion that the records of government are the property of the people is radically democratic, but it is broken in practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-shapiro/the-notion-that-the-records-of-government-are-the-property-of-the/)

[Ryan Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-shapiro/)

> [As Harvard historian of science Peter Galison has demonstrated, the universe of classified knowledge now far exceeds the universe of unclassified knowledge. That's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-shapiro/as-harvard-historian-of-science-peter-galison-has-demonstrated-the/)

[Ryan Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-shapiro/)

> [Mandela today is almost universally held as a heroic freedom fighter, and of course rightly so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-shapiro/mandela-today-is-almost-universally-held-as-a-heroic-freedom-fighter/)

[Ryan Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-shapiro/)

> [The US intelligence community is deeply allergic to the Freedom of Information Act. It is fair to say that the intelligence community does nearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-shapiro/the-us-intelligence-community-is-deeply-allergic-to-the-freedom-of/)

[Ryan Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-shapiro/)

> [I'm not interested in embarrassing the United States. We as a nation need to foster a broader understanding of national security, and when in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-shapiro/i-m-not-interested-in-embarrassing-the-united-states-we-as-a-nation/)

[Ryan Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-shapiro/)

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