"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. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."
- James MadisonAn informed electorate "must stand ready to sound the alarm when necessary to point out the actions in any pernicious project."
- Alexander Hamilton