 | Mark Lloyd - 2010 - 352 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...own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. —James Madison The ongoing American experiment in democracy is failing. 1... | |
 | Ajithaa Edirimane - 2006 - 220 pages
...those who are contemplating the purchase of a condominium, either for investment or as a family home. "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people...their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." - JAMES MADISON CHAPTER 1 CREATION OF A CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY What is a Condominium?... | |
 | James Brian Staab - 2006 - 416 pages
...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 of Information... | |
 | Alasdair Roberts - 2006 - 348 pages
...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... | |
 | William L. Richter, Frances Burke - 2007 - 258 pages
...1991). Self-government, if it is to be good government, requires an enlightened public opinion. As Madison said, "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance....must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives them" (Wiggins, 1956, vii). In a complex, global society, a major responsibility of democratic public... | |
 | Jim O'Bryon - 2007 - 502 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." (James Madison, August 4, 1822) QQ6. Does War.. Accomplish Anything? 01. In... | |
 | George M. Killenberg - 2008 - 400 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."7 To develop and sustain Madison's ideal of self-governing, informed citizenry,... | |
 | David M. Kennedy - 2007 - 1017 pages
...page 181 of this book. In 1822, the principal architect of the Constitution, James Madison, wrote: "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a People...own governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." Madison's words, now inscribed on the facade of the Library's James Madison... | |
 | Chalmers Johnson - 2006 - 382 pages
...of acquiring it," Madison later wrote, "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."4 In theory, given our Constitution, we should not need a Freedom of Information... | |
 | J. Thomas Wren - 2007 - 423 pages
...means of acquiring it', Madison argued, '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.' The benefits of a successful system of education coincided exactly with the... | |
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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... 
