 | 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 the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both," he wrote. Consequently he held that " the... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1940 - 576 halaman
...republics. . . . — Letter to Thomas W. Gilmer. Writings, IX, p. 408. Ed. by Gadlard Hunt. New York, 1910. 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;... | |
 | 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, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both," he wrote. Consequently he held that "the... | |
 | 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 the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance :... | |
 | 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 the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. . . . The best service that can be rendered... | |
 | 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 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 - 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 the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance;... | |
 | 1914 - 646 halaman
...among our neighbors of the Caribbean Sea and Central America was clearly foreseen by Monroe who wrote, "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." The fathers of our country realized that... | |
 | Charles Richard Williams - 1914 - 550 halaman
...liberty could not be kept burning in the hearts of Americans." Madison said, almost sixty years ago: "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." Already, in too many instances, elections... | |
 | James McKeen Cattell, Will Carson Ryan, Raymond Walters - 1923 - 834 halaman
...government. He never lost an opportunity to impress the people with the dangers of ignorance. He said : 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;... | |
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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... 
