Quote by: Edmund Barton

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.


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  • NameEdmund Barton
  • DescriptionFirst Prime Minister of Australia and founding justice of the High Court of Australia
  • AliasesSir Edmund Barton
  • BornJanuary 18, 1849
  • DiedJanuary 7, 1920
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionPolitician; Diplomat
  • AwardsOrder Of The Rising Sun, 1st Class; Knight Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George