Compulsory Quote by Christopher Hitchens

We know that if religion is allowed into schools, pupils will sometimes begin to question the teaching they receive.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

I do not believe that any type of religion should ever be introduced into the public schools of the United States

— Anonymous

This issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into (schools).

— Michael Newdow

Religion is an illusion of childhood, outgrown under proper education.

— Auguste Comte

Secular schools can never be tolerated because such a school has no religious instruction and a general moral instruction without a religious foundation is…

— Adolf Hitler

If religious freedom is to endure in America, the responsibility for teaching religion to public school children must be left to the homes and…

— Sam Ervin

Religion is something that only secondarily can be taught. It must must primarily be taught.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

Education without religion is in danger of substituting wild theories for the simple commonsense rules of Christianity.

— Samuel Morse

Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.

— Gouverneur Morris

“If you want to expel religion from our European civilization, you can only do it by means of another system of doctrines; and such…

— Sigmund Freud

Education belongs pre-eminently to the church ... neutral or lay schools from which religion is excluded are contrary to the fundamental principles of education.

— Pope Pius XI

It appears that some school officials, teachers, and parents have assumed that religious expression of any type is either inappropriate or forbidden altogether in…

— Anonymous