Quotes About Informed

Democracy depends on citizens being informed, and since our media, especially television (which is the most important source of news for most Americans) reports mostly what the people in power do, and repeats what the people in power say, the public is badly informed, and it means we cannot really say we have a functioning democracy.

if the people are to be our governors, they must arm themselves with knowledge.

Freedom of choice is meaningless without knowledge. That's why it's crucial we all get engaged and get informed.

I would encourage you: be informed - knowledge is power.

Hi, I'm Andrea Thompson, and unless you've been living in a cave, you probably already know that.

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.

I'm not a momentary decision maker. I like well-informed decisions.

You can go online now and find really thoughtful, in-depth, considered, well-informed communities around virtually any issue. If it's your issue, there are now new ways of mobilising knowledge that weren't there before. There are real bodies of significant knowledge on the web that are valuable that we haven't done nearly enough with.

In financial affairs and dealings with the state, those in the precariat are disadvantaged since they are usually less well-informed and have to do much more to satisfy demands made on them if they want to gain meagre state benefits.

I'm a pretty well-read person. I read my paper every morning.

Ultrasound is instrumental in the fight against abortion precisely because it allows women to make an informed choice by shedding light in a place which, for most of its history, has been shrouded in secrecy.

We must not let politicians who believe they are above the Constitution interfere with the personal health decisions of women. It is the job of a woman, not a politician, to make informed decisions about her own pregnancy.

Costs should always be presented up front so that consumers can make informed choices and get a fairer deal.

I like to say that a 'Times' editorial presents a strong opinion based on reality.

There is nothing more important to a democracy than an active and engaged press.

The informed, unmanaged question. That's the most dangerous thing at a press conference anywhere.

If you're going to vote yes and change the law. You have to know what's in it. You can't depend on other people.

Certainly some researchers are thinking more realistically about the market's prospects and reaching better-informed positions on its future, but these are not the names that grab the headlines and thus influence public attitudes.

I strongly believe that journalism is one of the most noble professions, because without an informed world, and without an informed society, we are weak, we are weak.

A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.

We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.

We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate.

was brilliant. It is a pleasure to hear really well-informed talk, unpunctuated by foolish and ignorant remarks (except occasionally from Randolph), and it is a relief to be in the background with occasional commissions to execute, but few views to express, instead of being expected to be interesting because one is the P.M.'s Private Secretary.

As the Potsdam Conference opened, Truman was able to tell Stalin officially about the existence of the Bomb. Stalin showed the requisite amount of surprise, not revealing that his spies had kept him fully informed and that he was already trying to build his own.