Access Quote by Sissela Bok

A fundamental premise of American democratic theory is that government exists to serve the people. ... Public records are one portal through which the…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

In an age when many of our citizens casually reveal information about themselves in social media wildly beyond anything imaginable only a decade ago,…

— Richard Ben-Veniste

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

— Kate Adie

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely…

— Peter Singer

I believe that when you provide information to people, they become less fearful and they will engage more in their democracy if they are…

— Michael Moore

I have many times made public information that the government wanted to keep secret, information that the public has a right to know.

— Damian Green

Confidentiality is the nature of all governments. Of course you may say, the government will always want to communicate the good news; things which…

— Bernard Ingham

“the presumption is that the government, with rare exception, will not know anything that law-abiding citizens are doing. That is why we are called…

— Glenn Greenwald

I don't believe that Freedom of Information laws, which have arbitrary time periods or broad blanket exemptions, meet the level of transparency that society…

— Chelsea Manning

The government being the people's business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to the public view. Publicity is…

— Anonymous

As a journalist, I fundamentally believe that keeping the public informed is an essential part of democracy.

— Margaret Brennan

I have no doubt that the nation has suffered more from undue secrecy than from undue disclosure. The government takes good care of itself.

— Daniel Schorr