American democracy Quote by Jill Lepore

“America’s Founders understood literacy as a prerequisite for freedom and our form of self-government. Once we know how to read, what we read matters.…

— Ben Sasse

“Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, was diverted to finding means and devices to…

— Gordon S. Wood

“The ability to read, society tells us, contributes to success in education, employment, and citizenship. Reading is a democratic craft. Writing, in contrast, is…

— Roy Peter Clark

Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.

— Brad Henry

“I count it a mistake of our mistaken democracy, that every man who can read print is allowed to believe that he can read…

— D.H. Lawrence

“Universal literacy was supposed to educate the common man to control his environment. Once he could read and write he would have a mind…

— Edward L. Bernays

“a democracy requires open access to ideas. It requires a willingness to struggle and learn, to question our own suppositions and biases, to open…

— Dan Rather

A movement got started for common schools, and by the end of the 19th century, 91 percent of Americans could read and write.

— Robert Hass

The fact that we don't read more books in America can be traced squarely to the fact that we have newspapers that are about…

— Bennett Cerf

“Literacy isn't just about reading, writing, and comprehension. It's about culture, professionalism, and social outlook.”

— Taylor Ellwood

Nobody reads anymore in America. Reading has become the least effective delivery system for narrative. That's sad because prose is the means by which…

— David Simon

“Books are better than television, the internet, or the computer for educating and maintaining freedom. Books matter because they state ideas and then attempt…

— Oliver DeMille