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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.


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MADISON MARLOW Being a woman in country is really empowering. It's a genre where you can truly say whatever you...
MADISON MARLOW For some reason, the word 'feminist' freaks people out, but when you look it up, all it mean...
MADISON MARLOW It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
MADISON MARLOW I adore Quentin Tarantino. The 'Kill Bill' series is my favorite.
MADISON DAVENPORT If I could meet Quentin Tarantino, I don't know if I'd just ask him one question. I'd pr...
MADISON DAVENPORT I've played quite a large spectrum of teenaged girls, from psychotic to very sweet to a polygami...
MADISON DAVENPORT 'Kit Kittredge' was an amazing experience because I got to go to Canada, and it was my first...
MADISON DAVENPORT When I found out about the audition, I knew that I was going in for 'From Dusk Till Dawn,' b...
MADISON DAVENPORT I don't like to be negative about math because it really teaches you a lot of great things. You ...
MADISON DAVENPORT I guess I really always wanted to act. When I was seven, I actually had the opportunity to come out ...
MADISON DAVENPORT I actually used to make these little plays. I would stand there, and I would act out where I was dyi...
MADISON DAVENPORT The Internet is the Petri dish of humanity. We can't control what grows in it, but we don't have to ...
TIFFANY MADISON If I could have a Barbie body, which has no cellulite, I totally would. I would like to have a flatt...
HOLLY MADISON I would love to have the honor to get to work with Meryl Streep. I love her and I love her work.
BAILEE MADISON I'd like to follow in the footsteps along like Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman, who got their e...
BAILEE MADISON I'm very, very blessed.
BAILEE MADISON My mom got me into some commercials, and I basically, I guess, just got out of my shell I was in at ...
BAILEE MADISON Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spe...
BAILEE MADISON Katie Holmes is really amazing.
BAILEE MADISON