On the record
I do not believe that self-government with universal suffrage could be maintained long in any Northern State, or in any country in the world, without ample provision for public education.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Hoar emphasizes the importance of public education for maintaining self-government and universal suffrage.
Share
More from George F. Hoar
His pure and lofty counsel fell unheeded upon the ears of his near neighbors, and the people of Massachusetts did not listen very patiently to lectures on political purity or reform in civil service from New York city.
His life, so far as he took part in political affairs, was devoted to objects wholly public, never personal.
What was said helped to arouse public attention, and the masses of the people--always pure and incorruptible--set themselves earnestly and successfully to reform the abuses.
You said the people of Lowell would not think very highly of me when they saw me riding through the streets in my carriage and knew it was paid for by the money of this bank.
Other voices in this conversation
