Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes citizen democracy issue
The idea that your spouse or your parents don't know where you are at all times may be part of the past. Is that good or bad? Will that make for better marriages or worse marriages? I don't know. Howard Rheingold badbadlygood Change image and share on social
Soon the digital divide will not be between the haves and the have-nots. It will be between the know-hows and the non-know-hows. Howard Rheingold digitaldividehaves Change image and share on social
You can't have an industrial revolution, you can't have democracies, you can't have populations who can govern themselves until you have literacy. The printing press simply unlocked literacy. Howard Rheingold democracygovernindustrial Change image and share on social
It got to the point where most of my time went toward writing novels. I would still occasionally write short stories, but only when I was commissioned by an editor to write for a themed anthology or special issue. Tim Pratt anthologycommissioneditor share on social
Since the days of Greece and Rome, when the word 'citizen' was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities. Robert Kennedy citizencitizenshipday Change image and share on social
I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been. Steve Earle contagiousdemocracyobvious Change image and share on social