Political Quotes

“I have opposed constitutional amendments which would have allowed school boards to write prayers or teachers to direct prayers. If you ever want to stop a Rotary audience, when somebody asks you about school prayers, just ask them who should write it. "The school board?" "Well, no; don't trust the school board." "The principal?" "It depends whether he's Christian." You say, "Well, what if he is not? Does the principal get to write it?" "Well, no." "The teacher? Have a different prayer in each room, depending on the teacher, and each day you get up and the teacher recites the prayer?" No, they do not mean that either. Not even if you say Sally and Jimmy, if they do not like it, can go off in the cloakroom. But this is what I want to ask the Senator from North Carolina. If I read the intent of his amendment, it is to prohibit the distribution of funds to these school districts if they prohibit constitutionally permitted prayer?”