Believe Quote by Voltaire

Public opinion is presumptively an input to policy formation in a democracy because politicians respond to it or at least are believed to respond…

— Alan Blinder

The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

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

— Noam Chomsky

We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't. I believe…

— Katharine Graham

I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print…

— Katherine Graham

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think.

— Walt Whitman

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

— Walter Lippmann

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

Together, the property rights and public choice schools show only that, if you start by assuming a purely individualistic model of human behavior and…

— Paul Starr

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democracy requires an informed citizenry able to question its government.

— Richard N. Haass