...scandal. James Madison informed us that "knowledge will forever govern ignorance: a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." But how are they to get it? Remembering diis idea as we move on may serve us well. x> c Our Microbial...

...(1985), pp. 61-3. He cites the following passage from a letter of Madison's: 'And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives' (emphasis added). 24 On the distinction between content-based and content-neutral abridgements, the...

...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 the power which knowledge gives. We avoid dealing with the clear political implications of Madison's statement at our peril. Robert...

...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 the power which knowledge gives." 139 I know, of course, that this vision is contestable. At best, it describes an ideal to be pursued....

...what he wrote more than two hundred years ago proclaims the same principle: "A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to...

...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 the power which knowledge gives." 5 According to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: It is desirable that the trial of [civil] causes should...

...of acquiring it. u but a Prologue ta a Farce or a Tragedy, or, perhaps both A people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives ' The principle of openness became one of the bulwarks of American democracy, ofTcnng crucial protections...

...of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy, or, perhaps both A people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives "*" The principle of openness became one of the buh*arks of American democracy offering crucial protections...

...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 the power which knowledge gives." Because an informed citizenry is essential to America's democracy, Americans can no longer afford to...

...States, 403 US 713 (1971). Or as James Madison put the point back in 1822, "a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." Quoted in Schlesinger, Imperial Presidency, 333. 49. Clinton, July 5 interview, Public Papers of the...