 | Paul Monroe - 1905 - 816 Seiten
...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 best service that can be rendered... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1940 - 576 Seiten
...kept burning in the hearts of Americans." Madison said, nearly 60 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 to both." Already, in too many instances, elections have become the farce which... | |
 | Lewis Flint Anderson - 1909 - 370 Seiten
...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 : and a people who mean to be... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1913 - 1010 Seiten
...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; and a people who mean to be their... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1913 - 1096 Seiten
...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; and a people who mean to be their... | |
 | John Sharp Williams - 1913 - 366 Seiten
...done in the Legislature of Kentucky for popular education, he says: "A popular government, without information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or perhaps both. Knowledge mil forever govern ignorance." Even the early abolitionists and... | |
 | 1914 - 646 Seiten
...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 the ability to read and write... | |
 | James McKeen Cattell, Will Carson Ryan, Raymond Walters - 1923 - 834 Seiten
...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; and a people who mean to be... | |
 | 1916 - 222 Seiten
...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 the ability to read and write... | |
 | James Thomas Milton Anderson - 1918 - 336 Seiten
...Madison (1751-1836), the fourth President of the United States, once 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 to a country, next to giving... | |
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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... 
