Edmund Barton
Edmund Barton
Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, KCwas an Australian politician and judge. He served as the first Prime Minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903 and became a founding justice of the High Court of Australia...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 January 1849
CitySydney, Australia
CountryAustralia
Edmund Barton quotes about
religious school years
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.
continents nations
A nation for a continent, and a continent for a nation.
school differences hands
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.
exercise people states
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.
creating people nations
Creating a nation requires the will of the people.
people demand states
It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education.
education taxation bears
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.
men doctrine equality-of-man
The doctrine of the equality of man was never intended to apply to the equality of the Englishman and the Chinaman.
further-education should
I say further that our system of education should be unsectarian.