Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Edmund Barton

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian politician Edmund Barton.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Sir Edmund "Toby" Barton, was an Australian politician and judge who served as the first prime minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903, holding office as the leader of the Protectionist Party. He resigned to become a founding member of the High Court of Australia, where he served until his death.

Australian - Politician | January 18, 1849 - January 7, 1920

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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

Creating a nation requires the will of the people!

Edmund Barton

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

I say further that our system of education should be unsectarian.

Edmund Barton

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

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

Edmund Barton

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

A nation for a continent, and a continent for a nation.

Edmund Barton

Creating a nation requires the will of the people.

Edmund Barton

The doctrine of the equality of man was never intended to apply to the equality of the Englishman and the Chinaman.

Edmund Barton