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On Citizenship
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.
James
Madison, letter to W.T. Barry
4 August 1822
Today
the world is the victim of propaganda because people are not intellectually
competent.
More than anything the United States needs effective citizens competent
to do
their own thinking.
William
Mather Lewis, President George Washington University 1923
-1927
Enlighten
the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will
vanish
like the evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Thomas
Jefferson, letter to Pierre
S. du Pont de Nemours, 24 April 1816
Fortunately,
many people would prefer to live a simple life in a good society than a
life
of riches and power in a horrible society.
Randy
Schutt, Inciting
Democracy
Posted February 28,
2006
URL:
www.thecitizenfsr.org
SM
2000-2011
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