 | William D. Eggers - 2005 - 308 pages
...you. Ill DIGITAL DEMOCRACY The Transparent State 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... | |
 | Walter Lippmann - 2008 - 120 pages
...nonetheless eternally vigilant about liberty and the news. "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. "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors,... | |
 | George M. Killenberg - 2008 - 400 pages
...our governors. As James Madison said 200 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. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves... | |
 | Dean A. Kowalski - 2007 - 298 pages
...must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. 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. —James Madison Do we live in a "postdemocratic" society, a society of illusions where only the gullible... | |
 | Robert M. Pallitto, William G. Weaver - 2007 - 288 pages
...Presidential Secrecy and the Law The Secret Presidency 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... | |
 | Archon Fung, Mary Graham, David Weil - 2007 - 35 pages
...Congress in Washington, DC, James Madison declared: "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 Governours, must arm... | |
 | Suzanne J. Piotrowski - 2012 - 152 pages
...James Madison wrote in a personal correspondence: 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... | |
 | Lou Dobbs - 2007 - 260 pages
...national tragedy must be ended. 12 Media Madness 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. And a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge... | |
 | George Kennedy, Daryl R. Moen - 2007 - 183 pages
...principal author of the First Amendment, wrote in 1822, "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." should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government... | |
 | Martha Chumbler - 2007 - 244 pages
...an Alternative to Discovery Benjamin E. Griffith 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.1 This chapter addresses citizen access to governmental records when the requesting citizen is... | |
| |
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... 
