12 Quotes by Abraham Lincoln about education

  • Author Abraham Lincoln
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    I told myself, "Lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." So I left my situation in Springfield, went home to my father's house, and stayed there till I could give any proposition in the six books of Euclid at sight. I then found out what "demonstrate" means, and went back to my law studies.

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  • Author Abraham Lincoln
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    Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.

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    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...

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