في الديمقراطية، للجمهور الحقُّ في أن يعرف لا ما تقرّره الحكومة فحسب، بل لماذا، وبأيّ إجراء.

“In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.”Gerald R. Ford — Gerald R. Ford: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President (1979)