Able Quote by Richard N. Haass Download Open image “Democracy requires an informed citizenry able to question its government.” — Richard N. Haass ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Able Democracy Government Informed citizenry Politics Question
“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 Copy Share Image
We must remember that democracy works when given time to develop, mature and deliver. People must have access to information for informed debate. Government… — Atifete Jahjaga Copy Share Image
“Democracy requires accountability and consent of the governed, which is only possible if citizens know what is being done in their name.” — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The way you get democracy to function is by informing the public. — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot meaningfully function without an informed citizenry, and such a citizenry is impossible without broad public access to information about the operations of… — Ryan Shapiro Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Terrorists and terrorism cannot be eliminated any more than we can rid the world of disease. There will always be those who will resort… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
There is no way to know for certain what accounts for North Korean decisionmaking, given how closed a country it is. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Security is the absolute precondition for sustainable recovery from conflict; without it, people cannot rebuild their country or return to school or work. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
When great powers fade, as they inevitably must, it's normally for one of two reasons. Some powers exhaust themselves through overreach abroad, underinvestment at… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Americans never would alter the way entitlement programs are funded or education administered without serious study and widespread debate. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Sovereignty must be redefined if states are to cope with globalisation. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
America's armed forces are an essential background to much of what the U.S. accomplishes internationally. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
No amount of sanctioning will persuade North Korea to give up nuclear weapons, nor will China step up and solve the problem for us. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons - are just that, and no cause can excuse their use. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
No one pursuing reasonable goals and who is prepared to compromise can argue that terrorism is his or his group's only option. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
The rise of populism is in part a response to stagnating incomes and job loss, owing mostly to new technologies but widely attributed to… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
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Government schools, with your tax money, now discourage the teaching of multiplication tables by rote memorization but teach reading by the 'look-and-say' method which… — Greg Perry Copy Share Image
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