Good afternoon, and welcome to the Cato Institute. I am the Vice President here at cato and publisher. I would hardly like to thank you for coming here today off our viewers online and being broadcast by cspan, you may not know, unexpectedly the washington subway system, the metro was closed today. The people that have joined this year amid a great effort to your something about this book, lessons and censorship. The topic of our book form today. Another thing that can be said command we chose today for this particular book and the reason is, the 265th birthday of a man named James Madison. As it happens, James Madison wrote the First Amendment because he wrote the 1st ten that were introduced into congress and was beyond that more than just the author of them what a person who wrote them committee was also a strong defender and believed hardly in the. I would say also that in part of that, the First Amendment center valuable institute here in washington has designated his Birthday Nat
He wrote the first ten amendments that were introduced into congress and was a beyond that more than just the author of them or the person who wrote them and believed in them. I should say that in part of that of valuable institute here in washington has designated his Birthday National freedom of information day, which is we are celebrating here today along with the publication of his book. I cant help, however, but refer to what i thought was an interesting and useful from madison on this very topic, the First Amendment freedom and freedom of speech. Madison wrote, quote, a popular government without popular information or the means of inquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignore reins and people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselveses with the power which knowledge gives, unquote. And we will continue in this as we go down through the history of the United States that knowledge will govern ignorance and
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