 | Scott Gant - 2007 - 259 halaman
...its role alerting and informing the public about issues of importance. James Madison believed that "a popular Government without popular information,...prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both." To Madison and other Founders, the press played an indispensable role in facilitating informed public... | |
 | Dean A. Kowalski - 2007 - 298 halaman
...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...prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both. —James Madison Do we live in a "postdemocratic" society, a society of illusions where only the gullible... | |
 | Lou Dobbs - 2007 - 260 halaman
...regardless of economic or social circumstances. This great national tragedy must be ended. 12 Media Madness A popular government, without popular information,...prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or, perhaps both. And a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge... | |
 | Erin Gruwell - 2007 - 808 halaman
..."kindergarten" program. — JORDAN W. SMOLLER, FROM "THE ETIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD," NETWORKER, MARCH/APRIL 1987 A popular government without popular information,...prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. — JAMES MADISON Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity... | |
 | George Kennedy, Daryl R. Moen - 2007 - 183 halaman
...to the US Constitution. James Madison, the principal author of the First Amendment, wrote in 1822, "A popular government without popular information...prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both." should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government... | |
 | David M. Kennedy - 2007 - 1017 halaman
...page 181 of this book. In 1822, the principal architect of the Constitution, James Madison, wrote: "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a People...themselves with the power which knowledge gives." Madison's words, now inscribed on the facade of the Library's James Madison Memorial Building, resonated... | |
 | Martha Chumbler - 2007 - 244 halaman
...Records Acts: The Use of Public Records Requests as an Alternative to Discovery Benjamin E. Griffith A popular Government without popular information,...but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both.1 This chapter addresses citizen access to governmental records when the requesting citizen is... | |
 | William L. Richter, Frances Burke - 2007 - 258 halaman
...Self-government, if it is to be good government, requires an enlightened public opinion. As Madison said, "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance. And a people...own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives them" (Wiggins, 1956, vii). In a complex, global society, a major responsibility of... | |
 | Oliver Trenk - 2007 - 158 halaman
...of the founding fathers, might have best characterized what government's unaccountability entails: "A popular Government without popular information,...means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or Tragedy; or perhaps both." 158 Lawyers Committee, Assessing the New Normal, "Open Government," Letter... | |
 | Richard C. Leone, Gregory Anrig, C Leone - 2007 - 294 halaman
...known as the Father of the Constitution and the recognized author of the Bill of Rights, said that "a popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to farce or tragedy or perhaps both." More than five years after the attacks of 9/11, this principle of... | |
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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... 
