Democracy requires information. Plato knew that informed decision-making requires knowledge. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
A vital democracy requires an informed electorate, civil discourse, and bold thinking. — Jane O'Meara Sanders Copy Share Image
Democracy requires an informed citizenry able to question its government. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
My journey to public service began the morning after the 2016 election, when I faced the reality that democracy requires participation -… — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is not something outside the realm of democracy. Democracy requires civil disobedience. Without civil disobedience democracy does not exist. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I believe democracy requires a 'sacred contract' between journalists and those who put their trust in us to tell them what we… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Democracy requires that if you who don't like the outcome of elections you have to tolerate it and then pursue your interest… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Democracy requires accountability and consent of the governed, which is only possible if citizens know what is being done in their name.” — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“Democracy requires citizens to see things from one another's point of view, but instead were more and more enclosed in our own… — Eli Pariser Copy Share Image
At the dawn of his administration, President Obama opined: 'A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency.' Magical rays of white-hot sunlight… — Michelle Malkin Copy Share Image
Whether people care enough about local news to pay for it is, sadly, an entirely different question than whether our democracy requires… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
Democracy requires you to learn how to lose as well as how to exercise power when you win. And that requires restraint… — David Frum Copy Share Image
Political democracy cannot flourish under all economic conditions. Democracy requires an economic system which supports the political ideals of liberty and equality… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal. Cross cultural… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Every actual democracy rests on the principle that not only are equals equal but unequals will not be treated equally.Democracy requires, therefore,… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
“Democracy requires active participation, and sooner or later someone ‘offers’ to take all the difficult decision-making away from you and your hectic… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
“a democracy requires open access to ideas. It requires a willingness to struggle and learn, to question our own suppositions and biases,… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Saving the world requires saving democracy. That requires well-informed citizens. Conservation, environment, poverty, community, education, family, health, economy- these combine to make… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
Democracy requires common ground on which all can stand, but that ground is sinking beneath our feet, and democracy may be going… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
Having a representative democracy requires the confidence of the voters in the system. And if voters lose confidence in the system they… — Richard Painter Copy Share Image
A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. — Charles W. Pickering Copy Share Image
The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Full democracy requires the full participation of women. Your voices are vital. The word 'vital' means necessary for life. A democracy, to… — Swanee Hunt Copy Share Image
But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
