The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person. -Charles Babbage Fitness
Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed. -Charles Babbage Science
That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation. -Charles Babbage Knowledge
The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated; distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages. -Charles Babbage Science
The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated; distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages. -Charles Babbage Alone
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged. -Charles Babbage Knowledge
Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall. -Charles Babbage Power
