Data Quote by Nelson Mandela

Right to Information is a small concrete step in making our polity more democratic.

— Arvind Kejriwal

Information is the currency of democracy.

— Thomas Jefferson

“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

Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.

— Aaron Swartz

Information is now a commodity that can be bought and sold, or used as a form of entertainment, or worn like a garment to…

— Neil Postman

Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.

— Bruce Coville

Let me go back to a fundamental thing we all used to agree on: information is power. That's why we became journalists in the…

— Maria Ressa

The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.

— Peter Drucker

Information is the currency of democracy. It's denial must always be suspect.

— Ralph Nader

If information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development.

— Kofi Annan

Information is power only if you can take action with it. Then, and only then, does it represent knowledge and, consequently, power.

— Daniel Burrus

Information is just simply bootstrapping itself to higher and higher levels of self-reflection and self-coordination using whatever means are necessary.

— Terence McKenna