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Edmunds Quotes
"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."
"Creating a nation requires the will of the people."
"I for two years was a pupil at the Model School at Fort street which was then conducted upon the Irish nation system and if any special religious instruction was given in connection with that system, I do not recollect it."
"The difference between the denominational system and the public school is all the difference between bolstering them up on one hand and letting them alone of the other."
"I say further that our system of education should be unsectarian."