"Upon the subject of education, not presuming..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. That every man may receive at least a moderate education...appears to be an object of vital importance...
More by Abraham Lincoln
“Let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty.”
“If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.”
“Never do anything for anyone who can just as well do it themself”
More on Education
“I didn't go to college, but if I did, I would've taken all my tests at a restaurant, 'cause 'The customer is always right'.”
“I cannot but say a word and look my disapproval when I hear that my country is spending millions for war and war engines-more, I have heard, than twice as much as the entire public school system costs the nation.”
“It is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things just so far as the nature of the subject admits”
More on Importance
“I believe art is utterly important. It is one of the things that could save us. We don't have to rely totally on experience if we can do things in our imagination.... It's the only way in which you can live more lives than your own. You can escape your own time, your own sensibility, your own narrowness of vision.”
“From my experience let me say this: in today's world it is no bad thing for a politician to have had the benefit of a scientific background. And not only politicians. Those who work in industry, in commerce, in investment. Indeed, so important has it become that I believe we are right to make science a compulsory subject for all schoolchildren.”
“Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.”