No. of Recommendations: 7
...can we agree that a healthy democracy depends on an well-informed populace...
Yes we can! The Founding Fathers recognized the dangers of an ignorant populace and emphasized the importance of an informed citizenry for maintaining a free society...
James Madison stated, "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be." ~Thomas Jefferson
"A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both." ~James Madison
"I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion,
the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education." ~Thomas Jefferson
"To be successful, American voters need both knowledge of candidates and knowledge of issues." ~James Madison
"If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed." ~Thomas Jefferson
