"In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions."
― Peter Singer
Topic(s): Government
More From Peter Singer
- "Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real commitment to serving the best interests of their clients."
- "They tend to be pretty abstract ones then, like doing what will have the best consequences; obviously you wouldn’t specify what consequences are best, they may be different in some circumstances, so at a lower, more specific level, you may well get differences."
- "That’s a central part of philosophy, of ethics. What do I owe to strangers? What do I owe to my family? What is it to live a good life? Those are questions which we face as individuals."
More In Government
- "There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people’s money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result."― Steve Forbes
- "Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government."― Grover Cleveland
- "Most Americans aren’t the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected; they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government, they assume that its might makes it right."― Joseph Sobran