Brad Pitt Quotes

American democracy depends on the public's ability to remain accurately informed on our state of affairs.

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

We have a First Amendment for good reasons. We need a free press because without an educated electorate we cannot have a functioning democracy.

You cannot have a democracy without an informed people.

The survival of democracy depends on the ability of large numbers of people to make realistic choices in the light of adequate information.

No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.

Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.

If we don't have an informed electorate we don't have a democracy. So I don't care how people get the information, as long as they get it. I'm just doing it my particular way and I feel lucky I can do it the way I want to do it.

We can't have an intelligent foreign policy unless we have an intelligent public, because we're a democracy.

If you have an informed electorate, it makes great choices.

Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate.

Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

No candidate dares to look for a new campaign model that could really enhance the democratic process. Instead we are left with the current one which makes our candidates look like hucksters.

America is strong because its journalism is strong. That's how democracies work. They're only as good as the quality of the information that the public possesses. And that is where we come in.

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.

In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions.

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

Journalism still, in a democracy, is the essential force to get the public educated and mobilized to take action on behalf of our ancient ideals.

In democracy, every election is a learning process. You learn from every election, the one that you win and the one that you lose. And then you prepare for the next one.

Mexico has proven by now that it's a strong electoral democracy. Now we have to build a democracy that produces better results; if not, then you get a democracy of disenchantment.

Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.