For centuries it was never discovered that education was a function of the State, and the State never attempted to educate. But when modern absolutism arose, it laid claim to everything on behalf of the sovereign power....When the revolutionary theory of government began to prevail, and Church and State found that they were educating for opposite ends and in a contradictory spirit, it became necessary to remove children entirely from the influence of religion.

A man can be trusted only up to low-water mark.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

There should be a law to the People besides its own will.

Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.

A government does not desire its powers to be strictly defined, but the subjects require the line to be drawn with increasing precision.

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.