 A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or, perhaps, both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with...  Presidential Records Act of 1978: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the ... - Էջ 433United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights - 1978 - 896 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | 1914 - 646 էջ
...happened among our neighbors of the Caribbean Sea and Central America was clearly foreseen by Monroe who wrote, "A popular government without popular information...or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both." The fathers of our country realized that the ability to read... | |
 | Charles Richard Williams - 1914 - 550 էջ
...liberty could not be kept burning in the hearts of Americans." Madison said, almost sixty years ago: "A popular government, without popular information...the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both." Already, in too many instances, elections have become the farce... | |
 | James McKeen Cattell, Will Carson Ryan, Raymond Walters - 1923 - 834 էջ
...government. He never lost an opportunity to impress the people with the dangers of ignorance. He said : A popular government without popular information or...the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or, perhaps, both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean... | |
 | 1916 - 222 էջ
...happened among our neighbors of the Caribbean Sea and Central America was clearly foreseen by Monroe who wrote, "A popular government without popular information...or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both." The fathers of our country realized that the ability to read... | |
 | James Thomas Milton Anderson - 1918 - 336 էջ
...supervision or control. James Madison (1751-1836), the fourth President of the United States, once said : " A popular government without popular information or...the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. . . . The best service that can be rendered to a country, next... | |
 | Indiana. State Board of Education - 1918 - 164 էջ
...essential." This principle was recognized by other founders of our government. James Madison said, "A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but the prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both. The best service that can be rendered to a... | |
 | Association of Collegiate Alumnae (U.S.) - 1918 - 734 էջ
..."in a peaceable manner." The humor of this omission would be refreshing, if it were not so serious. "A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it," said Madison, "is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern... | |
 | Henry Ezekiel Jackson - 1919 - 436 էջ
..."in a peaceable manner." The humor of this omission would be refreshing, if it were not so serious. "A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it," said Madison, "is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern... | |
 | Ellwood Patterson Cubberley - 1920 - 902 էջ
...wrote: A satisfactory plan for primary education is certainly a vital desideratum in our republics. A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or, perhaps, both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean... | |
 | William Peterfield Trent, John Erskine, Stuart Pratt Sherman, Carl Van Doren - 1921 - 446 էջ
...held a broad conception of education, expressed frequently in his correspondence, but not at length. "A popular government, without popular information...the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both." Though probably the most widely informed man of his time, he did... | |
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