 | Office for Intellectual Freedom - 2006 - 554 páginas
...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...own Governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. (James Madison in a letter to William T. Barry, August 4, 1822)7 In summary, the Bill... | |
 | Lucie M. C. R. Guibault - 2006 - 394 páginas
...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...own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.'48 Based on this premise, Meiklejohn explained the principle of free speech and modeled... | |
 | Gregory C. Sisk - 2006 - 694 páginas
...of the FOIA is also straightforward. The Senate Report on the FOIA legislation quoted James Madison: "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people...own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives."440 The Supreme Court in United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee... | |
 | Alasdair Roberts - 2006 - 348 páginas
...governmental power. This is particularly true in the United States, where James Madison's warning - "A people who mean to be their own governors, must...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives" - is routinely invoked in calls for stronger disclosure laws. i *l Because disclosure laws are built... | |
 | James Brian Staab - 2006 - 416 páginas
...propriety of documents designated classified. In direct opposition to James Madison, who said that "a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives,"62 Scalia wrote in his tour de force against the FOIA, "The defects of the Freedom... | |
 | Suzanne J. Piotrowski - 2012 - 152 páginas
...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...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. (Madison 1822,790) The Senate report on the Freedom of Information Act addresses Madison's sentiments:... | |
 | J. Thomas Wren - 2007 - 423 páginas
...the means of acquiring it', Madison argued, 'is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps, both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and...themselves with the power which knowledge gives.' The benefits of a successful system of education coincided exactly with the needs of a democratic polity.... | |
 | William D. Eggers - 2005 - 308 páginas
...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...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. — James Madison Freedom, accountability and trust in government institutions all rely on easy and... | |
 | Jim O'Bryon - 2007 - 502 páginas
...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...themselves with the power which knowledge gives." (James Madison, August 4, 1822) QQ6. Does War.. Accomplish Anything? 01. In 1865, the issue of American... | |
 | Robert M. Pallitto, William G. Weaver - 2007 - 288 páginas
...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...arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. —James Madison Q: Well, what do you make . . . of the people's right to know? A: I don't believe... | |
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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... 
