James Madison: “…a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”

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, 1822

Source: https://www.loc.gov/resource/mjm.20_0155_0159/?sp=1&st=text