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Quotes from The Materialist Basis of Education — Lena Morrow Lewis

1868–1950 United States

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Only as the workers have knowledge and intelligence can they solve the problem of their own political and industrial freedom.

The Materialist Basis of Education (1912)

Let us ever remember that knowledge is power!

The Materialist Basis of Education (1912)

Two hundred years ago one could find but few workingmen who could read or write.

The Materialist Basis of Education (1912)

The capitalist masters have educated the workers to their advantage to-day, but for their undoing tomorrow. The thing that makes for the triumph of capitalism ultimately makes for its own downfall.

The Materialist Basis of Education (1912)

The future victories of the working class lie not so much in their numbers (the workers have always been in the vast majority), but in the knowledge they possess and the ability to intelligently organize and act together on the political and economic fields.

The Materialist Basis of Education (1912)

Education of the workers for the benefit of the capitalist class means gain and profit only for the few, the upper class of to-day. Education of the workers for the benefit of the working class means gain and profit for the working class and ultimately for the whole human race.

The Materialist Basis of Education (1912)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lena Morrow Lewis (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.