I cannot support for a moment any system of education which in the name of denominationalism or under any other name, draws funds from the coffers of the State manifestly for the propagation of creeds and dogmas widely divergent.
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This quote is just one of 6 total Edmund Barton quotes in our collection. Edmund Barton is known for saying 'I cannot support for a moment any system of education which in the name of denominationalism or under any other name, draws funds from the coffers of the State manifestly for the propagation of creeds and dogmas widely divergent.' as well as some of the following quotes.
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.
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.
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.
This quote is just one of 6 total Edmund Barton quotes in our collection. Edmund Barton is known for saying 'I cannot support for a moment any system of education which in the name of denominationalism or under any other name, draws funds from the coffers of the State manifestly for the propagation of creeds and dogmas widely divergent.' as well as some of the following quotes.