Henry Brougham Quotes on Education
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There have been periods when the country heard with dismay that 'the soldier was abroad.' That is not the case now. Let the soldier be abroad; in the present age he can do nothing. Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage,-a personage less imposing in the eyes of some, perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array, for upholding and extending the liberties of his country.
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Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.
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Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties
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Try to know everything of something and something of everything.