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“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 the electorate is under-informed or, worse, mis-informed.”

Ifs World Should Natural Democracy Fundamentals Governance Natural World Electorate

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Representative democracy betrays the electorate when laws have no roots in the people but in oligarchies. Studies on the concept and modalities of direct democracy are therefore becoming more topical”

People Law Democracy Study Becoming Concepts Direct Roots Betray Representatives Becoming More Oligarchy Electorate Direct Democracy

Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

“Representative democracy frequently manifests a disconnect between parliamentarians and the people, so that parliamentarians have agendas that do not correspond with the wishes of the electorate. This has led in many countries to apathy, cynicism and large-scale absenteeism in elections. What is needed is not only parliaments, but parliamentarians who genuinely represent the wishes of the electorate.”

People Country Wish Democracy Needed Election Scales Agendas Apathy Cynicism Representatives Parliament Large Scale Electorate

Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

“Perhaps the best known, and certainly the most vaunted, "discovery" of modern public opinion research is the indifference and ignorance of a majority of the electorate in western democracies.”

Known Opinion Democracy Modern Ignorance Research Discovery Majority Western Indifference Public Opinion Electorate

Book:Democracy ancient and modern

Source: Democracy ancient and modern

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

Reading Education Democracy Educated Reading Books Electorate

Author:Brad Henry

“Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate.”

Democracy Fronts Susceptible Scapegoat Electorate

Book:Chapterhouse: Dune

Source: Chapterhouse: Dune

“The country is only as strong as its journalism - that's the way democracies work. The higher the quality of the information, the better informed the electorate is and the better the government runs.”

Way Country Government Running Strong Quality Democracy Information Higher Journalism Electorate

Author:Scott Pelley

“We're an ignorant nation right now. We're not really capable, I do not think, the majority of our people, of making the decisions that have to be made at election time and particularly in the selection of their legislatures and their Congress and the presidency, of course. I don't think we're bright enough to do the job that would preserve our democracy, our republic. I think we're in serious danger.”

“Donald Rumsfeld should not just be impeached. He should be tried as a war criminal. As for Bush, he can be dispatched by the electorate while we are still a democracy.”

Should Stills War Democracy Criminals Electorate

Author:Robert Kuttner

“Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to close on Election Day.”

Cities Democracy Clear New York Election Bars New York City Election Day Electorate

Book:Afterthoughts

Source: Afterthoughts

“Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.”

Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts

“The best defense of democracy is an informed electorate.”

Democracy Defense Electorate

Author:Thomas Jefferson

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

Needs Firsts Reason Democracy Presses Educated Amendments First Amendment Electorate Free Press

Author:Jill Stein