“It will be a glorious day for Roman Catholics in this country when, under the laws of justice and morality, our school system shall be shivered to pieces.”—­Catholic Telegraph.

    “We hold education to be a function of the church and not of
    the state, and in our case we do not and will not accept the
    state as an educator.”—­New York Tablet.

    They love darkness rather than light because their deeds are
    evil.  Listen to the snarls of Rome’s “dupes:” 

    “Unless you suppress the public school system as at present
    conducted, it will prove the damnation of this
    country.”—­Father Walker.

    “I frankly confess that the Catholics stand before the
    country as the enemies of the public schools.”—­Father
    Phelan.

    “The duty of all loyal, God-fearing Christian men (Roman
    Catholics) then, I repeat it, is to make common cause against
    this common foe.”—­Father Gleason.

    “The public schools have produced nothing but a godless
    generation of thieves and blackguards.”—­Priest Schauer.

    “I would as soon administer the sacrament to a dog as to
    Catholics who send their children to public
    schools.”—­Priest Walker.

    “The public school system must be destroyed.  It must be done
    by stopping Bible reading, Psalm singing and eliminating
    objectionable books.”—­Priest Phelan.

    “To rescue these little ones out of the grasp of that monster
    (the public school), of that popular idol, is our
    work.”—­Bishop John Hennessy.

    “We can have the United States in ten years.  And I want to
    give you three points for your consideration:  The Negroes,
    the Indians and the public schools.”—­Bishop Ireland.

    “Emphatically a social plague.”—­Archbishop Perche.

    “A ripe knowledge of the cathechism, minus Massachusetts
    education, is preferable to her education, minus the
    catechism.”—­Cardinal Antonelli.

    “The common school system of the United States is the worst
    in the world.”—­Cardinal Manning.

    “The catechism alone is essential for the education of the
    people.”—­Cardinal Antonelli.

    “We must take part in the elections.  Move in solid mass in
    every state pledged to sustain the integrity of the public
    schools.”—­Cardinal McCloskey.

    “The Roman Church alone is endowed with power to educate the
    young.”—­Cardinal McCloskey.

    “Education outside of the control of the Roman Catholic
    Church is a damnable heresy.”—­Pius IX.