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Those of us in public office and those of us who aspire to public office have a responsibility to be reasonable, fact-based, in our rhetoric and to not suggest things that are unreasonable, to whip up a lot of emotion in public, which can lead to government overreach, fear, suspicions, and prejudice.

— Jeh Johnson

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.

— Walter Benjamin

When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves.

— Preston Manning

The problem is that the American public is suspicious of executive power shrouded in secrecy. In the absence of an official picture of what our government is doing, and by what authority, many in the public fill the void by envisioning the worst.

— Jeh Johnson

It is scrutiny by the general public that keeps the powerful honest.

— Heather Brooke

There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.

— Edward Snowden

Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us.

— Yoko Ono

We have a responsibility to show the public the kinds of truths that they don't see on the TV news or the Hollywood film.

— Haskell Wexler

When people blanket a whole class of people with statements, I just think that is unfair to everybody. I could do the same thing about media. I can do the same thing about politicians or lawyers, and they're just never accurate.

— Jamie Dimon

The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.

— Noam Chomsky

✗Opposing Perspectives

Public officials insult our intelligence and our goodwill when they paint rosy pictures about budgets, jobs, bipartisanship, and transparency, and alter their positions on issues simply to keep collecting their paycheck by never disagreeing or disappointing anyone.

— Wendy E. Long