 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
 | Severyn Ten Haut Bruyn - 2005 - 301 էջ
...likely to effect their safety and happiness. — Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 1776 A popular government without popular information,...the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. — James Madison Such as it is, the press has become the greatest... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 2005 - 1308 էջ
...Constitution and the fourth president of the United States, described openness as the bedrock of democracy "A popular Government without popular information...the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy, or, perhaps both A people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves... | |
 | Felix Dodds, Tim Pippard - 2013 - 291 էջ
...remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. Louis Pasteur A ... Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. James Madison, 1822 Introduction Concerns about national security... | |
 | Adam Hibbert - 2006 - 48 էջ
...voters. If the media provides poor-quality information, voters are more likely to make bad decisions. "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." James Madison, one of the founders of the United States Constitution,... | |
 | Mark Lloyd - 2010 - 352 էջ
...judgment matters. PART I Communications and Democracy in America 1 The Challenge of American Democracy A popular Government, without popular information,...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... | |
 | Lucie M. C. R. Guibault - 2006 - 394 էջ
...other non-elect rulers.47 This notion of self-government finds support also in James Madison's words: 'A popular government without popular information...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... | |
 | Peter Levine - 2007 - 318 էջ
...is not to take power from them, but to inform them by education." In a defense of public schooling, Madison wrote, "A popular Government, without popular...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... | |
 | Lou Dobbs - 2007 - 260 էջ
...regardless of economic or social circumstances. This great national tragedy must be ended. 12 Media Madness A popular government, without popular information,...the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or, perhaps both. And a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves... | |
 | Dean A. Kowalski - 2007 - 298 էջ
...Dog A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. 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. —James Madison Do we live in a "postdemocratic" society, a society... | |
 | Suzanne J. Piotrowski - 2012 - 152 էջ
...accountability, achieved through transparency. In 1822, James Madison wrote in a personal correspondence: A popular Government, without popular information,...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... | |
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