Citizenry Quotes

73 quotes by 60 authors

The 'well-informed citizenry is in danger of becoming the 'well-amused audience'. — Al Gore
Democracy is not about trust; it is about distrust. It is about accountability, exposure, open debate, critical challenge, and popular input and feedback from the… — Michael Parenti
Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application. — William Weld
The rope by which the great blocks of taxes are attached to any citizenry is simple loyalty. — Stephen King
We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death. — Albert Einstein
The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same… — H. L. Mencken
Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor. — William Shakespeare
A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny. — Thomas Jefferson
What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand picked candidates are propped up before the citizenry, each candidate having been selected… — Robert Ringer
An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy. — Thomas Jefferson
Once you buy the argument that some segment of the citizenry should lose their rights, just because they are envied or resented, you are putting… — Thomas Sowell
An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them… — Thomas Jefferson
A heavily armed citizenry is not about overthrowing the government; it is about preventing the government from overthrowing liberty. — Lawrence Hunter
Our marvelous new information technologies boost our power and opportunities for political engagement, but they can also disempower us by contributing to extreme political mobilization… — Thomas Homer-Dixon
WOMEN must be at the forefront of nation-building to bring the South African citizenry together and, therefore, develop a whole new ethos of human co-existence — Steven Biko
A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry. — Thomas Jefferson
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 chose,… — Mark Skousen
Democracy, taken in its narrower, purely political, sense, suffers from the fact that those in economic and political power possess the means for molding public… — Albert Einstein
Public Broadcasting System an entity designed to create an informed citizenry rather than to deliver consumers to advertisers. — Pat Mitchell
Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the citizenry justifiably feared a breakdown in law and order.… — Kamisese Mara

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