Emotions can get in the way of truth-seeking. People do not process information in a neutral way.

— Cass R. Sunstein

If government is to respect people's autonomy, or to treat them with dignity, it should not deprive them of freedom. It should treat them as adults, rather than children or infants.

— Cass R. Sunstein

It might also count as an insult to dignity, and a form of infantilization, if the government constantly reminds people of things that they already know.

— Cass R. Sunstein

The multiple failures of top-down design, and the omnipresence of unintended consequences, can be attributed in large part, to the absence of relevant information.

— Cass R. Sunstein