...agree with Thomas Jefferson who wrote, in 1820: I know of no safe repository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think...them, but to inform their discretion by education. If we had public schools doing a perfect job of educating all our boys and girls for citizenship, the...

...people themselves and if we think them not enlightened enou^rto exercise their control with a wholesomt discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion by education:" I o Dayton Works Out Wrinkles in the Food Stamp Plan One of six cities to try out the new experiment...

...but the people nraiselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control "th a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform mar discretion by education. Viewed in this light, the amount spent thus far in educational work a...

...that judgment. There are few more important issues before us, for, as Thomas Jefferson once wrote: "I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers...take it from them but to inform their discretion." The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 210, has designated the period commencing April 1, 1984, and...

...and it is becoming an object of curiosity for the traveler. To John Adams, Monticello, Aug. 15, 1820 I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of...them, but to inform their discretion by education. To William Charles Jarvis, Monticello, Sept. 28, 1820 Consider how little time is left to you, and...

...principle, articulated by Thomas Jefferson, that there is "no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think...take it from them, but to inform their discretion" (Jefferson, 1820). Risk communication succeeds when it promotes a deeper understanding of the issues...

...powerful and reverberant statements: the only "safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society" was "the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened...take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."21 Informing the citizens' discretion would enable them to practice more selfgovernment...

...no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves," Jefferson said, "and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise...take it from them, but to inform their discretion." In today's world, Jefferson's definition of "the people" would include doctors trying to keep their...

...the judgment necessary to make profitable use of any information gained: "If we think [the people] not enlightened enough to exercise their control with...take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."141 Jefferson certainly saw the economic advantage of better-educated citizens but, unlike...

...environmental concerns. No one knew this better than Thomas Jefferson. "If we think," he wrote, "the people are not enlightened enough to exercise their control with...take it from them, but to inform their discretion.'" Inform them indeed, adequately and appropriately. But the information must fall upon fertile, well-watered...