 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1986 - 996 pages
...Madison 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...themselves with the power which knowledge gives.' 9 Writings of James Madison 103 (G. Hunt ed. 1910). "It is not sufficient, therefore, that the channels... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 pages
...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 who mean to be their...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. 2 Throughout the civilized world, nations are courting the praise of fostering science and the useful... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 pages
...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 who mean to be their...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. 2 Throughout the civilized world, nations are courting the praise of fostering science and the useful... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1833 - 44 pages
...means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, perhaps both. Knowledge will ever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. "Throughout the civilired world, nations are courting the praise of fostering science and the useful... | |
 | 1857 - 20 pages
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 | James Madison - 1865 - 754 pages
...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,...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. I have always felt a more than ordinary interest in the destinies of Kentucky. Among her earliest settlers... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1879 - 202 pages
...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...themselves with the power •which knowledge gives." — (Works of Madison, iii, 276.) Again, March 29, 1826, writing to Littleton Dennis Teackle, of Maryland,... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1877 - 224 pages
...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...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. . . . No error is more certain than the one proceeding from a hasty and superficial view of the subject... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1877 - 508 pages
...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...themselves with the power which knowledge gives." — (Works of Madison, iii, 276.) Again, March 29, 1826, writiug to Littleton Dennis Teaekle, of Maryland,... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1877 - 216 pages
...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...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. . . . No error is more certain than the one proceeding from a hasty and superficial view of the subject... | |
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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... 
