We want . . . to be alive in the cause of education. We are commanded of the Lord to obtain knowledge, both by study and by faith, seeking it out of the best books [see D&C 88:118]. And it becomes us to teach our children, and afford them instruction in every branch of education calculated to promote their welfare. - Teachings of Presidents of the Church John Taylor, p.90

Whatever you do, be choice in your selection of teachers. We do not want infidels to mold the minds of our children. They are a precious chare bestowed upon us by the Lord, and we cannot be too careful in rearing and training them. I would rather have my children taught the simple rudiments of a common education by men of God, and have them under their influence, than have them taught in the most abstruse [or complex] sciences by men who have not the fear of God in their hearts. . . . - Teachings of Presidents of the Church John Taylor, p.90-1


The idea that the religion of Christ is one thing and science is another is a mistaken idea for there is no true religion without true science and consequently, there is no true science without true religion.- Jack Monnett, -Revealed Educational Principles and the Public Schools, p. 25