Democracy Quote by Kofi Annan

Information is the currency of democracy.

— Thomas Jefferson

Democracy depends on information circulating freely in society.

— Katharine Graham

Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.

— Nelson Mandela

Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.…

— Atifete Jahjaga

Democracy requires information. Plato knew that informed decision-making requires knowledge.

— Mary Beard

Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can't have a functioning democracy, if…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized.

— Romano Prodi

“Public access to government information is a fundamental prerequisite to a functioning democracy. A democratic system is based on the notion that government legitimacy…

— John Podesta

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating,

— Kofi Annan

What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

— Alvin Toffler

There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate…

— Anonymous