 | 1881 - 398 halaman
...of God ; that of the Gentiles, honour to the gods ; that of Christians, the love of God John Adams. A POPULAR government without popular information,...but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps to both. — James Madison. WHEN conscious of our own weakness, and tempted to think of our task as... | |
 | Paul Monroe - 1905 - 816 halaman
...President, was, next to Jefferson, the most active of our earlier statesmen in educational work. " A popular government without popular information or...prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both," he wrote. Consequently he held that " the best service that can be rendered to a country, next to giving... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1940 - 576 halaman
...of liberty could not be kept burning in the hearts of Americans." Madison said, nearly 60 years ago, "A popular government without popular information,...but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps to both." Already, in too many instances, elections have become the farce which Madison predicted;... | |
 | Paul Monroe - 1907 - 476 halaman
...next Madison's to Jefferson, the most active of our earlier statesmen in edu- views cational work. "A popular government without popular information,...prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both," he wrote. Consequently he held that "the best service that can be rendered to a COUD try, next to giving... | |
 | Lewis Flint Anderson - 1909 - 370 halaman
...universal education to a people under a republican form of government Madison is no less emphatic. " A popular Government without popular information or...themselves with the power which knowledge gives." CHAPTER XXV THE NATURALISTIC MOVEMENT. ROUSSEAU . THE views of most eminent thinkers of this period... | |
 | 1911 - 658 halaman
...est possibilities as a citizen. A democracy whose schools fail in this, is, as James Madison said, "but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps both." In seeking to discharge their function on the side of providing proper opportunities for the children,... | |
 | Samuel Chester Parker - 1912 - 540 halaman
...government as absolutely hanging on these two hooks. James Madison (1751-1836), the fourth president, said: A popular government without popular information or...prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. . . . The best service that can be rendered to a country next to giving it liberty, is in diffusing... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1913 - 1096 halaman
...republics . . . — Letter to Thomas W. Gilmer. Writings, IX, p. 408. Ed. by Gmttard Hunt. New York, 1910. A popular government without popular information or...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. — Letter to WT Barry. Ibid., p. 104. While it is universally admitted that a well-instructed people... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1913 - 1010 halaman
...republics . . .—Letter to Thomas W. Gilmer. Writings, IX, p. 408. Ed. by Gaillard Hunt. New York, 1910. A popular government without popular information or...must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.—Letter to WT Barry. Ibid., p. 104. While it is universally admitted that a well-instructed... | |
 | John Sharp Williams - 1913 - 358 halaman
...done in the Legislature of Kentucky for popular education, he says: "A popular government, without information or the means of acquiring it, is but a...perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance."} Even the early abolitionists and the doctrinaires and the theorists of "reconstruction," who frequently... | |
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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... 
