An informed citizenry will benefit from applying both creative thinking and critical thinking in solving the challenges of our society.`

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Informed Citizenry

There is a general belief in America that in for citizens to be in a position to exercise their civic responsibility wisely , there is need for them to be informed . When the republic was born , there was a loud proclamation of for the necessity of an informed citizenry that was made by individuals like Thomas Jefferson , John Adams , George Washington , James Madison and Samuel Adams among other less known leaders . Actually , the early republic placed among their legacies an ideology of an

informed citizenry , a subject that came to be one of the central theme within the public life of America . It encouraged a wide spectrum of voluntary associations , among them being the formation of political parties , promotion of the printing industry and the development of education from primary through to colleges and universities . By the time that the civil war begun , the idea of an informed citizenry had developed into a national faith article (Brown 90-97

Informed citizenry has emerged to be the cornerstone of politics based on democracy since it has continued to support the principles of freedom of speech . Currently , the popular feeling that the citizenry is informed is supported by an array of educational institutions , sufficient enough to use the ballot box to choose public officials and policies . The basic skills and knowledge needed by every individual are provided by educational institutions that are considered to be efficient enough for the provision of such basic entities while the consumers...