Education Quotes

"A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government."

"In the matter of education, I can only say that I have not the remotest idea what is taught to women."

"The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities for higher education, for the full development of her faculties, is the solitude and personal responsibleness of her own individual life."

"The education of girls has never yet received the attention to which it is entitled."

"How can woman elevate herself? By education, by a thorough knowledge of the world in which she lives."

"The education of girls has been so sadly neglected."

"I believe in my soul that as far as education is concerned the things to do is to concentrate on fundamentals."

"I believe that education is the key to progress."

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn."

"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."

"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."

"No one should be ashamed of himself for asking when he does not know, but rather for not asking when he does not know."

"Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn."

"It is impossible for democracy to survive in a nation of ignorant and apathetic citizens."

"Every institution where a man acts is a school of manners."

"The greatest danger to the American republic is the ignorance of her citizens."

"I freed a thousand slaves; I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."

"I never let my schooling interfere with my education."

"I wished I could have convinced more that they were not slaves."

"Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development."

"To deny a woman her right to be educated is to deny her the tools of self-improvement."

"Woman must be educated to understand her place is not in submission."

"The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers."

"The study of law qualifies a man to be useful to himself and to others."

"Our laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind."

"It is the tyranny of the ignorant."

"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day."

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn."

"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."