 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 pages
...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 ever govern ignorance ; and a people... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 pages
...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 ever govern ignorance ; and a people... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1833 - 44 pages
...appropriations made by the Legislature fora 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, perhaps both. Knowledge will ever govern ignorance; and a people... | |
 | James Madison - 1865 - 754 pages
...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; and... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1877 - 508 pages
...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 tragedy, or perhaps to both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and... | |
 | Peabody education fund - 1881 - 478 pages
...value of popular education. In a letter to Wm. T. Barry, of Kentucky, dated Aug. 4, 1826, he says: "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 forever govern ignorance, and a people... | |
 | 1881 - 674 pages
...abstract principle, it requires no argument to establish the truth of Madison's immortal apothegm that " 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," It is to be feared, however, that very few... | |
 | James Abram Garfield - 1881 - 98 pages
...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 tragedy, or perhaps to both." Already, in too many instances, elections have... | |
 | National Educational Association (U.S.) - 1881 - 372 pages
...complete system of schools, from primary school to university, on the ground of the public good, says, "A popular government, without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is a farce or a tragedy or both. Knowledge will govern ignorance, and a people who meanf to be their o.vn... | |
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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... 
