 | Gregory C. Sisk - 2006 - 694 halaman
...of the FOIA is also straightforward. The Senate Report on the FOIA legislation quoted James Madison: "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people...own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives."440 The Supreme Court in United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee... | |
 | Alasdair Roberts - 2006 - 348 halaman
...governmental power. This is particularly true in the United States, where James Madison's warning - "A people who mean to be their own governors, must...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives" - is routinely invoked in calls for stronger disclosure laws. i *l Because disclosure laws are built... | |
 | James Brian Staab - 2006 - 416 halaman
...propriety of documents designated classified. In direct opposition to James Madison, who said that "a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives,"62 Scalia wrote in his tour de force against the FOIA, "The defects of the Freedom... | |
 | Robert M. Pallitto, William G. Weaver - 2007 - 288 halaman
...their encouragement and support of this project. Presidential Secrecy and the Law The Secret Presidency A popular Government, without popular information,...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. —James Madison Q: Well, what do you make . . . of the people's right to know? A: I don't believe... | |
 | William D. Eggers - 2005 - 308 halaman
...potential loss of customers do the regulating for you. Ill DIGITAL DEMOCRACY The Transparent State A popular Government without popular information,...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. — James Madison Freedom, accountability and trust in government institutions all rely on easy and... | |
 | Jim O'Bryon - 2007 - 502 halaman
...extinguished the hostile light of philosophy and science." (Edward Gibbon) QQ5. Qn ...... Checks & .Balances "A popular government without popular information,...themselves with the power which knowledge gives." (James Madison, August 4, 1822) QQ6. Does War.. Accomplish Anything? 01. In 1865, the issue of American... | |
 | Suzanne J. Piotrowski - 2012 - 152 halaman
...accountability, achieved through transparency. In 1822, James Madison wrote in a personal correspondence: A popular Government, without popular information,...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. (Madison 1822,790) The Senate report on the Freedom of Information Act addresses Madison's sentiments:... | |
 | George M. Killenberg - 2008 - 400 halaman
...and decide public issues, including who will be our governors. As James Madison said 200 years ago, "A popular government without popular information...must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."7 To develop and sustain Madison's ideal of self-governing, informed citizenry, a controversial... | |
 | Archon Fung, Mary Graham, David Weil - 2007 - 35 halaman
...are carved into the exterior of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, James Madison declared: "A popular government without popular information...govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own Governours, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives."3 John Stuart Mill noted the importance... | |
 | Walter Lippmann - 2008 - 120 halaman
...Feelings," as it was called, James Madison was nonetheless eternally vigilant about liberty and the news. "A popular Government without popular information,...Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy, or perhaps both," he wrote. "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors,... | |
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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... 
