Permit Quote by Sam Levenson

If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.

— Boyd K. Packer

Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools, too?

— Red Skelton

I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious…

— Jimmy Carter

We seek a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary school prayer. God should never have been expelled from America's classrooms in the first place.

— Ronald Reagan

I agree with the idea that there is a separation of church and state. That teachers should not be leading prayer - a particular…

— Ken Buck

I tell people that If one woman can get prayer taken out of the school, it may very well be that God Is asking…

— Anita Bryant

I know that some believe that voluntary prayer in schools should be restricted to a moment of silence. We already have the right to…

— Ronald Reagan

As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools.

— Nikhil Saluja

In 1962, the Supreme Court banned organized prayer from public schools. Since then, federal, state, and local courts and officials, including public school administrators,…

— Ralph E. Reed, Jr

As long as teachers give tests, there will always be prayer in schools.

— Anonymous

“Am I the only one who gets embarrassed when religious leaders in America talk about having prayer in public schools? We don’t have even…

— Jim Cymbala

I don't believe in school prayer. I think it's total nonsense...who is the teacher there that is going to have them pray? And is…

— Charles M. Schulz