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"[F]reedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that "Oh, I don't get involved in politics," as if that makes you somehow cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable." --
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politics
responsibility
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Bill Maher |
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"As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost."
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democracy
participation
responsibility
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
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Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The national security state assumes the government secrets are too important to be shared, that only those in the know can see classified information, that only the president has all the facts, that we must simply trust that our rulers of acting in our interest.
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democracy
government
participation
secrets
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Garry wills |