Quotes and Speeches by Abraham Lincoln on Education
ABRAHAM LINCOLN QUOTES ON EDUCATION
|Selected Lincoln Quotations on Education |
|What did Abraham Lincoln actually say about education? In this special section, we gathered together a small sample of excerpts from his |
|speeches and writings about this vital subject. Everything shown is from The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, a multi-volume series edited |
|by Roy P. Basler and others. Documents which appear on this website are linked after the quotation. |
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, and thereby be enabled to read the histories of his own and other countries, by which he may duly appreciate the value of our free institutions, appears to be an object of vital importance, even on this account alone, to say nothing of the advantages and satisfaction to be derived from all being able to read the scriptures and other works, both of a religious and moral nature, for themselves. For my part, I desire to see the time when education, and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry, shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.
--March 9, 1832 First Political Announcement
Mr. Clay's education, to the end of his life, was comparatively limited. I say "to the end of his life," because I have understood that, from time to time, he added something to his education during the greater part of his whole life. Mr. Clay's lack of a more perfect early education, however it may be regretted generally, teaches at least one
|Selected Lincoln Quotations on Education |
|What did Abraham Lincoln actually say about education? In this special section, we gathered together a small sample of excerpts from his |
|speeches and writings about this vital subject. Everything shown is from The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, a multi-volume series edited |
|by Roy P. Basler and others. Documents which appear on this website are linked after the quotation. |
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, and thereby be enabled to read the histories of his own and other countries, by which he may duly appreciate the value of our free institutions, appears to be an object of vital importance, even on this account alone, to say nothing of the advantages and satisfaction to be derived from all being able to read the scriptures and other works, both of a religious and moral nature, for themselves. For my part, I desire to see the time when education, and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry, shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.
--March 9, 1832 First Political Announcement
Mr. Clay's education, to the end of his life, was comparatively limited. I say "to the end of his life," because I have understood that, from time to time, he added something to his education during the greater part of his whole life. Mr. Clay's lack of a more perfect early education, however it may be regretted generally, teaches at least one