Church Quote by Pope Pius XI

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

“This idea of all education springing from and resting upon our relation to Almighty God-we do not merely give a religious education because that…

— Charlotte Mason

Education is not a function of any church or even of a city or a state; it is a function of all mankind.

— Philip Wylie

Parents have no right to impose their religion on their children... A Fundamentalist Protestant parent has no right to expect the state to support…

— Paul Kurtz

“To confuse compulsory schooling with equal educational opportunity is like confusing organized religion with spirituality. One does not necessarily lead to the other. Schooling…

— Wendy Priesnitz

In our secular society, school has become the replacement for church, and like church it requires that its teachings must be taken on faith.

— John Taylor Gatto

Because we are unqualifiedly and without reservation against any system of denominational schools, maintained by the adherents of any creed with the help of…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Education ought everywhere to be religious education. At the same time, parents are farther bound to employ no instructors who will not educate their…

— Timothy Dwight V

“No system of education can be perfect which does not teach the principle of righteousness and faith in God. Learning has not saved the…

— George Q. Cannon

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

— Gouverneur Morris

... all education must be unsound which does not propose for itself some object; and the highest of all objects must be that of…

— Catharine Beecher

We do not merely give a religious education because that would seem to imply the possibility of some other education, a secular education, for…

— Charlotte Mason