--- title: "9 Informed Public Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Informed Public quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Informed Public sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/philip-jones-griffiths-36459_consumers_what-we-get-to-think-and-know-about-the_1734603.png" --- > [What we get to think and know about the world is in the hands of a very few... A truly informed public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-jones-griffiths/what-we-get-to-think-and-know-about-the-world-is-in-the-hands-of-a/) [Philip Jones Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-jones-griffiths/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/philip-jones-griffiths-36459_consumers_what-we-get-to-think-and-know-about-the_1734603.png) > [An informed public democracy means rule of the people. A media system is absolutely essential to that process, if people are going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-waterman-mcchesney/an-informed-public-democracy-means-rule-of-the-people-a-media-system/) [Robert Waterman McChesney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-waterman-mcchesney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8b/robert-waterman-mcchesney-2452_democracy_an-informed-public-democracy-means-rule_2280653.png) > [A well informed public opinion is essential to the growth of political and social awareness. Only he who is informed can comment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haile-selassie/a-well-informed-public-opinion-is-essential-to-the-growth-of/) [Haile Selassie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haile-selassie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/haile-selassie-7583_awareness_a-well-informed-public-opinion-is-essent_86620.jpg) > [I ran through the manuscript in the space of a day, much as one might pick compulsively at a box of chocolates.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-halpern/i-ran-through-the-manuscript-in-the-space-of-a-day-much-as-one-might/) [Baruch Halpern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-halpern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/baruch-halpern-74672_analysis_i-ran-through-the-manuscript-in-the-spac_483303.jpg) > [Responsive leaders prefer knowledge and information to be spread as widely as possible among the population, because an informed public is necessary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teresa-stover/responsive-leaders-prefer-knowledge-and-information-to-be-spread-as/) [Teresa Stover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teresa-stover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/teresa-stover-60816_independent-thought_responsive-leaders-prefer-knowledge-and_3113053.jpg) > [There is no genuine democracy without an informed public. While there are no guarantees that a critical education will prompt individuals to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-giroux/there-is-no-genuine-democracy-without-an-informed-public-while-there/) [Henry Giroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-giroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/henry-giroux-945_absence_there-is-no-genuine-democracy-without-an_1899473.jpg) > [“In the world of journalism, the personal Web site ("blog") was hailed as the killer of the traditional media. In fact it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/in-the-world-of-journalism-the-personal-web-site-blog-was-hailed-as/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/fareed-zakaria-3805_journalism_in-the-world-of-journalism-the-personal_2229459.jpg) > [“It is a fundamental principle of American democracy that laws should not be public only when it is convenient for government officials…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-wyden/it-is-a-fundamental-principle-of-american-democracy-that-laws-should/) [Ron Wyden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-wyden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/ron-wyden-8512_american-democracy_it-is-a-fundamental-principle-of-america_2567336.png) > [“The media have indeed informed the public about threats to our air, water and food. Ever since 1962, when Rachel Carson published…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-suzuki/the-media-have-indeed-informed-the-public-about-threats-to-our-air/) [David Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/david-suzuki-1744_acid-rain_the-media-have-indeed-informed-the-publi_2095209.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/informed-public/#itemlist", "name": "Informed Public Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What we get to think and know about the world is in the hands of a very few... 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Has the potential of being highly influential inside the field and among an informed public.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Baruch Halpern" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-halpern/i-ran-through-the-manuscript-in-the-space-of-a-day-much-as-one-might/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/baruch-halpern-74672_analysis_i-ran-through-the-manuscript-in-the-spac_483303.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/baruch-halpern-74672_analysis_i-ran-through-the-manuscript-in-the-spac_483303.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/baruch-halpern-74672_analysis_i-ran-through-the-manuscript-in-the-spac_483303.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I ran through the manuscript in the space of a day, much as one might pick compulsively at a box of…” — Baruch Halpern", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Responsive leaders prefer knowledge and information to be spread as widely as possible among the population, because an informed public is necessary to govern effectively, independent thought produces original ideas and is the key factor by which we progress as a society. When independent thought is stifled society is and will remain stagnant until it is free to flourish once again.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Teresa Stover" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teresa-stover/responsive-leaders-prefer-knowledge-and-information-to-be-spread-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/teresa-stover-60816_independent-thought_responsive-leaders-prefer-knowledge-and_3113053.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/teresa-stover-60816_independent-thought_responsive-leaders-prefer-knowledge-and_3113053.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/teresa-stover-60816_independent-thought_responsive-leaders-prefer-knowledge-and_3113053.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Responsive leaders prefer knowledge and information to be spread as widely as possible among the population…” — Teresa Stover", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no genuine democracy without an informed public. While there are no guarantees that a critical education will prompt individuals to contest various forms of oppression and violence, it is clear that in the absence of a formative democratic culture, critical thinking will increasingly be trumped by anti-intellectualism, and walls and war will become the only means to resolve global challenges.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Giroux" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-giroux/there-is-no-genuine-democracy-without-an-informed-public-while-there/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/henry-giroux-945_absence_there-is-no-genuine-democracy-without-an_1899473.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/henry-giroux-945_absence_there-is-no-genuine-democracy-without-an_1899473.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/henry-giroux-945_absence_there-is-no-genuine-democracy-without-an_1899473.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is no genuine democracy without an informed public. 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They have become mediators for the informed public.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fareed Zakaria" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/in-the-world-of-journalism-the-personal-web-site-blog-was-hailed-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/fareed-zakaria-3805_journalism_in-the-world-of-journalism-the-personal_2229459.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/fareed-zakaria-3805_journalism_in-the-world-of-journalism-the-personal_2229459.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/fareed-zakaria-3805_journalism_in-the-world-of-journalism-the-personal_2229459.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the world of journalism, the personal Web site (\"blog\") was hailed as the killer of the traditional…” — Fareed Zakaria", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It is a fundamental principle of American democracy that laws should not be public only when it is convenient for government officials to make them public. They should be public all the time, open to review by adversarial courts, and subject to change by an accountable legislature guided by an informed public. If Americans are not able to learn how their government is interpreting and executing the law then we have effectively eliminated the most important bulwark of our democracy. That’s why, even at the height of the Cold War, when the argument for absolute secrecy was at its zenith, Congress chose to make US surveillance laws public. Without public laws, and public court rulings interpreting those laws, it is impossible to have informed public debate. And when the American people are in the dark, they can’t make fully informed decisions about who should represent them, or protest policies that they disagree with. These are fundamentals. It’s Civics 101. And secret law violates those basic principles. It has no place in America.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ron Wyden" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-wyden/it-is-a-fundamental-principle-of-american-democracy-that-laws-should/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/ron-wyden-8512_american-democracy_it-is-a-fundamental-principle-of-america_2567336.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/ron-wyden-8512_american-democracy_it-is-a-fundamental-principle-of-america_2567336.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/ron-wyden-8512_american-democracy_it-is-a-fundamental-principle-of-america_2567336.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is a fundamental principle of American democracy that laws should not be public only when it is…” — Ron Wyden", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The media have indeed informed the public about threats to our air, water and food. Ever since 1962, when Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, more and more information has been made available. And the public has responded. About fifteen years ago, public interest in the environment reached its height. In 1988, George Bush Senior promised that, if elected, he would be an environmental president. In the same year, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was re-elected, and to indicate his ecological concern he moved the minister of the environment into the inner Cabinet. Newly created environment departments around the world were poised to cut back on fossil-fuel use, monitor the effects of acid rain and other pollutants, clean up toxic wastes, and protect plant and animal species. Information about our troubled environment had reached a large number of people, and that information, as expected, led to civic and political action. In 1992, it all reached its apex as the largest-ever gathering of heads of state in human history met at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. “Sustainable development” was the rallying cry, and politicians and business leaders promised to take a new path. Henceforth, they said, the environment would be weighed in every political, social and economic decision. Yet only two weeks after all the fine statements of purpose and government commitments were signed in Rio, the Group of Seven industrialized nations met in Munich and not a word was mentioned about the environment. The main topic was the global economy. The environment, it was said, had fallen off the list of public concerns, and environmentalism had been relegated to the status of a transitory fad.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Suzuki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-suzuki/the-media-have-indeed-informed-the-public-about-threats-to-our-air/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/david-suzuki-1744_acid-rain_the-media-have-indeed-informed-the-publi_2095209.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/david-suzuki-1744_acid-rain_the-media-have-indeed-informed-the-publi_2095209.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/david-suzuki-1744_acid-rain_the-media-have-indeed-informed-the-publi_2095209.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The media have indeed informed the public about threats to our air, water and food. 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