Edmund Barton Quotes

Edmund Barton — Australian Politician born on January 18, 1849, died on January 07, 1920

Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, KC was an Australian politician and judge. He served as the first Prime Minister of Australia and became a founding justice of the High Court of Australia... (wikipedia)

A State which has universal suffrage and a wide extension of the jury franchise, must qualify the people by education to rightly exercise the great powers with which they are invested.

If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.

It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education.

I was for two years a pupil at the Model School in Fort street which was then conducted upon the Irish national system, and if any special religious instruction was given in connection with that system, I do not recollect it.

Creating a nation requires the will of the people!

Edmund Barton Quotes

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