
“Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur.”
Source: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, P.83
“Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur.”
Source: Speech at a Republican Banquet, Chicago, Illinois, December 10, 1856 http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lincoln2/1:413?rgn=div1;view=fulltext; see Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 2 (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1953), p. 532
“Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government”
Speech at a Republican Banquet, Chicago, Illinois, December 10, 1856 http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lincoln2/1:413?rgn=div1;view=fulltext; see Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 2 (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1953), p. 532
1850s
Context: Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.
1961, Address to ANPA
Context: No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition. And both are necessary. I am not asking your newspapers to support the Administration, but I am asking your help in the tremendous task of informing and alerting the American people. For I have complete confidence in the response and dedication of our citizens whenever they are fully informed.
I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers — I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors; for as a wise man once said: "An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it." We intend to accept full responsibility for our errors; and we expect you to point them out when we miss them.
As quoted in ‘Racist and Discriminatory’: U.S. Jewish Leaders Warn Israel Against Passage of Nation-state Bill https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-u-s-jewish-chiefs-warn-against-passage-of-racist-nation-state-bill-1.6270788 (July 15, 2018) by Allison Kaplan Sommer and Bar Peleg, Haaretz.
“Ignorance is a low-energy state. It takes constant vigilance and work to climb out of it.”
SGU, Podcast #352 – April 14th, 2012 http://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu/352
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, Podcast, 2010s
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 5
Source: Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies - (Second Edition), Chapter 3, Outside Government, But Not Just Looking In, p. 65