Quote#Wisdom
If must also be remembered that, unless men are left to their own…
Quote byAuberon Herbert · 1838–1906
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: State Education: A Help or Hindrance?.
English (original)
If must also be remembered that, unless men are left to their own resources, they do not know what is or what is not possible for them. If Government half a century ago had provided us all with dinners and breakfasts, it would be the practice of our orators to-day to assume the impossibility of our providing for ourselves.
— Auberon Herbert
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