Carolina QuotesWalter Hines Page
North Carolina · born or raised1855–1918
American journalist, publisher, and diplomat (1855–1918)
- Born in Cary
- Died in Pinehurst
- Studied at Duke University
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The forgotten man remained forgotten. The aristocratic scheme of education had passed him by. To a less extent, but still to the extent of hundreds of thousands, the ecclesiastical scheme had passed him by.
The most sacred thing in the commonwealth and to the commonwealth is the child, whether it be your child or the child of the dull-faced mother of the hovel.
I believe in the free public training of both the hands and the mind of every child born of woman.
I believe in the perpetual regeneration of society, and in the immortality of democracy and in growth everlasting.
A man ought to express himself, ought to live his own life, say his own little say, before silence comes.
To my mind there is greater promise in democracy than men of any preceding period ever dared dream of—aggressive democracy—growth by action.