 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1881 - 674 páginas
...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... | |
 | Peabody education fund - 1881 - 478 páginas
...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... | |
 | James Abram Garfield - 1881 - 98 páginas
...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 Education Association of the United States - 1881 - 372 páginas
...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 mean to be their own... | |
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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... 
