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.
The weakness in a model in which one assumes that the electorate gets what it needs from Bill Clinton is that our system doesn't institutionalize the oppositional voice, and one needs to be able to hear the exchange of the debate in order to create an informed electorate.
I believe in an informed electorate, and we need to teach our children to become informed enough to have opinions on world issues or, at least, to understand what the major issues are and who the players are.
An informed electorate is foundational to the future of this Republic.
The best defense of democracy is an informed electorate.
Appeal must be to an informed, civically militant electorate.
A properly functioning democracy depends on an informed electorate.
Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.
Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.
A vital democracy requires an informed electorate, civil discourse, and bold thinking.
Filmmaking is a thousand choices a day, and it's important to just let those choices potentially be informed by something deeper.
Filmmaking is a thousand choices a day and it's important to just let those choices potentially be informed by something deeper.
The question has been asked, 'What is a woman?' A woman is a person who makes choices. A woman is a dreamer. A woman is a planner. A woman is a maker, and a molder. A woman is a person who makes choices. A woman builds bridges. A woman makes children and makes cars. A woman writes poetry and songs. A woman is a person who makes choices.
Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rather than promoting real transformation.
We need to work together to either achieve a form of Brexit that does not threaten our future or ensure that the decision to complete departure is the electorate's informed choice.
I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other side is saying. Whether you're left or right.