George Veditz Quotes

United States, President
August 13, 1861 – March, 12, 1937.

George William Veditz was a former president of National Association of the Deaf of the United States and was one of the first to film American Sign Language. Veditz was born to two German immigrants and was enrolled in Zion School in Baltimore, a bilingual school at age five, becoming fluent in both German and English before losing his hearing at age 8 to scarlet fever. After initially being educated by a private instructor, he entered the Maryland School for the Deaf in 1875.

As long as we have deaf people on earth, we will have signs. And as long as we have our films, we can preserve signs in their old purity. It is my hope that we will all love and guard our beautiful sign language as the noblest gift God has given to deaf people.

George Veditz
- Hope
- Gift
- Sign
Sign language is the noblest gift God has given to deaf people.

George Veditz
- Language
- Gift
- Sign

Wherever the deaf have received an education the method by which it is imparted is the burning question of the day with them, for the deaf are what their schooling make them more than any other class of humans. They are facing not a theory but a condition, for they are first, last, and all the time the people of the eye.

George Veditz
- Education
- Condition
- Deaf
As long as we have deaf people on earth, we will have signs.

George Veditz
- Earth
- Deaf
- Signs