About Quote by Peter Singer

If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?

— Noam Chomsky

You forget, living outside of a country, that the actions of the government are not the actions of the people.

— Steven Wilson

I'm saying we need to be aware of it, and we need to be able to distinguish when political developments are occurring that are…

— Edward Snowden

For some reason when it comes to democracy, we seem to think that political knowledge doesn't make any kind of difference or we shouldn't…

— Jason Brennan

I really believe there is something in the nature of a democracy that naturally leads people to distrust the government, to assume because a…

— Christopher Bollen

In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.

— Gerald R. Ford

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

It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government…

— Barack Obama

“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

Democracy actually requires that the whole public be able to see common problems and address them and step outside of their own sort of…

— Eli Pariser

Remarkably, governments are beginning to embrace the idea that nothing enhances democracy more than giving voice and information to everybody in the country. Why…

— Mo Ibrahim

The way you get democracy to function is by informing the public.

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr