The doctrine of the equality of man was never intended to apply to the equality of the Englishman and the Chinaman. Edmund Barton More Quotes by Edmund Barton More Quotes From Edmund Barton It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education. Edmund Barton demand education people 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. Edmund Barton taxation bears education A nation for a continent, and a continent for a nation. Edmund Barton continents nations Creating a nation requires the will of the people. Edmund Barton nations creating people 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. Edmund Barton states exercise people I say further that our system of education should be unsectarian. Edmund Barton further-education should The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other. Edmund Barton differences hands school 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. Edmund Barton religious years school
