 | Albion W. Tourgée - 1884 - 452 halaman
...improvement of roads, rivers, canals, education, and other great foundations of prosperity and union?" " A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but the prologue to a farce or a tragedy— or perhaps to both."— J nmes Madison. " The advancement... | |
 | Albion W. Tourgée - 1884 - 436 halaman
...improvement of roads, rivers, canals, education, and other great foundations of prosperity and union ?" " A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but the prologue to a farce or a tragedy — or perhaps to both." — James Madison. " The advancement... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Morgan - 1887 - 286 halaman
...brains; the child is presumed to have brains. Let them be used. AP MARBLE. WHICH? A FARCE OR A TRAGEDY? A POPULAR government, without popular information...Knowledge will govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. JAMES MADISON.... | |
 | Mississippi. State Dept. of Education - 1890 - 468 halaman
...the state to effect, and on a general plan." Madison's words of warning may not be lightly passed by: "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 ever govern ignorance, and... | |
 | Richard Harcourt - 1890 - 350 halaman
...liberty could not be kept burning in the hearts of Americans. Madison, over sixty years ago, said : " A popular government, without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or tragedy, or perhaps both." Already, in too many instances, our elections... | |
 | William T. Alexander - 1800 - 662 halaman
...they cast. This startling fact brings forcibly to mind the warning words of James Madison in 1826: "A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but the prologue to a farce, or tragedy, or both." With a knowledge of these statistics of illiteracy,... | |
 | John Cleaves Henderson - 1890 - 408 halaman
...made bythe Legislature of Kentucky for a general system of education cannot be too much applauded. 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... | |
 | James Madison - 1910 - 698 halaman
...made by the Legislature of Kentucky for a general system of Education cannot be too much applauded. 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:... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1884 - 750 halaman
...without information. Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe. — JEFFERSON:. A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will ever govern ignorance, and a... | |
 | 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, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps to both. — James Madison. WHEN conscious of our... | |
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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... 
