 | 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...Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy, or, perhaps both A people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives... | |
 | Evan J. Mandery - 2005 - 746 էջ
...— are carried out behind thick prison walls in the middle of the night. As James Madison warned, "A popular Government, without popular information,...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... | |
 | Julia Beckett, Heidi O. Koenig - 2005 - 284 էջ
...and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A popular government without popular information or...prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both" (US Senate 1974, 37-38). As administrative law scholar Robert Vaughn (1994, 481) notes, federal information... | |
 | 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,...prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. — James Madison Such as it is, the press has become the greatest power within the Western World,... | |
 | Terry Francke - 2005 - 334 էջ
...governors accountable to the governed.'" John Doe Agency v. John Doe Corp. (1989) 493 US 146, 152. " 'A popular Government, without popular information,...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... | |
 | 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...Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. James Madison, 1822 Introduction Concerns about national security have taken centre stage since 1 1... | |
 | Joseph A. Califano Jr. - 2009 - 562 էջ
...held in their right-to-print hand. Watergate made me realize how prescient James Madison was when he wrote, "A popular government without popular information...means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or tragedy or perhaps both." I came to see my job as a mission to persuade judges that they must protect... | |
 | Office for Intellectual Freedom - 2006 - 554 էջ
...man is able to read, all is safe. (Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Colonel Yancy, January 16, 1816)6 A popular government, without popular information...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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,...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... | |
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