Country Quote by Hillary Clinton

“Because instant and credible information has to be given, it becomes necessary to resort to guesswork, rumors and suppositions to fill in the voids,…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Access to legitimate information and thoughtful analysis is the lifeblood of a democracy, the basis of which people make decisions about who they vote…

— Christie Hefner

If we don't have an informed electorate we don't have a democracy. So I don't care how people get the information, as long as…

— Jim Lehrer

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.

— Christopher Lasch

We in the press like to say we're honest brokers of information, and it's just not true. The press does have an agenda.

— Bernard Goldberg

As a journalist, I fundamentally believe that keeping the public informed is an essential part of democracy.

— Margaret Brennan

Since an informed citizenry is the basis for a healthy democracy, independent, non-corporate media are more crucial today than ever before

— Dahr Jamail

Citizens in a democracy need diverse sources of news and information.

— Bernie Sanders

The inability or unwillingness of citizens to differentiate between fake and authentic news is undermining a fundamental assumption of democracy: the informed voter.

— Richard Edelman

An absence of credible information prevents citizens from participating in public decision-making, particularly on key issues of concern such as education, health, and governance.

— Ory Okolloh

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

— Kate Adie

The media has not done a great job in fulfilling their role - journalism's role in a democracy is to provide information on profoundly…

— Jonathan Demme