 | Everett M. Hosman - 1926 - 224 pages
...useful that, to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant ". James Madison said : " Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives ". Abraham Lincoln said: "I view... | |
 | Edward Alsworth Ross, Mrs. Mary Edna McCaull Bohlman - 1926 - 434 pages
...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 governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. John Adams was especially insistent... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1879 - 900 pages
...purpose would be thought extravagant. Madison says: Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and в people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. * » « Every class is interested in establishments which give to the human... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education - 1928 - 566 pages
...humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant. James Madison. — Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. Horace Mann. — The common school... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education - 1928 - 582 pages
...humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant. James Madison. — Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. Horace Mann. — The common school... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Banking and Currency Committee - 1933 - 116 pages
...state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.:' We hold with James Madison that " Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." For all these reasons the federation... | |
 | Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln - 2003 - 316 pages
...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...their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. We avoid dealing with the clear political implications of Madison's statement... | |
 | Michael Graubart Levin - 2003 - 356 pages
...What happens when the government turns over part of its work to a private company? Looking for Liberty "A people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives." — -James Madison For many years now, the federal government has sought to "privatize," or turnover... | |
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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... 
