...CHRIST, INC. As Thomas Jefferson put it long ago: "I know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves. And if we...take it from them, but to inform their discretion." Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on behalf of the Public Airwaves, Public...

...ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves," Thomas Jefferson wrote to a friend in 1 820, "and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise...take it from them, but to inform their discretion." What is truly astonishing is that now, at the beginning of this new century, the practical prospect...

...informed they can be trusted with their own government," and, "if we think them [that is, the people] not enlightened enough to exercise their control with...them, but to inform their discretion by education" (Matthews, 1984, p. 88). — 5 — Pragmatic Discourse and Administrative Legitimacy Legitimacy, the...

...powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is...them, but to inform their discretion by education." Thomas Jefferson, The Works of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Paul Leichester Ford (New York: Knickerbocker...

...matter in hand. (Abbé Gallarti, French philosopher, 1780s) Educating Citizens I know no safe depositary of the ultimate powers of the society but the people...discretion by education. This is the true corrective of constitutional power. (Thomas Jefferson (1820), a leader of the American Revolution and President of...

...be held accountable by the people as a whole. As Thomas Jefferson put it, "I know no safe depositary of the ultimate powers of the society but the people...take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."37 For these reasons, we worry about the decline of civic engagement and popular attention...

...want less. 30 For Consumers Shared Decision Making I know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves; and if we...take it from them, but to inform their discretion. —Thomas Jefferson 1 CONSUMERS HAVE a critically important role in helping to restrain the use of...

...there is comfort in Thomas Jefferson's advice: "I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think...them, but to inform their discretion by education." Norman Lear started People for the American Way to warn people of the seductive media campaigns of...

...safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, "Jefferson wrote, "and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise...them, but to inform their discretion by education." 8 By the second quarter of the nineteenth century, in the wake of the enfranchisement of most of the...

...responsible adults handle disagreement. If we think the adults in children's lives are, in Jefferson's words, "not enlightened enough to exercise their control...them, but to inform their discretion by education." 3. Assessment: Standardized tests are too simple and simpleminded for high stakes assessment of children...