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Citato in §§§La bufala della democrazia§§§. In originale: §§§ 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 the power which knowledge gives§§§, dalla "Lettera a W.T. Barry", 4 agosto 1822, in §§§The Writings of James Madison§§§ (1910) a cura di Gaillard Hunt, Vol. 9, p. 103; queste parole, con la forma arcaica "Governours", si trovano a sinistra dell'entrata principale del James Madison Memorial Building, Biblioteca del Congresso. (it) |