William Joseph Brennan, Jr. (Apri 25, 1906-July 24, 1997) was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1956-90, appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower. He served on the New Jersey Superior Court, 1949-50; the appellate division, 1950-52; and Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1952-56. In the 1963 case of Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 225 (1963), Justice Brennan concurred with the majority opinion, stating:
<The holding of the Court today plainly does not foreclose teaching about the Holy Scriptures or about the differences between religious sects in classes in literature or history. Indeed, whether or not the Bible is involved, it would be impossible to teach meaningfully many subjects in the social sciences or the humanities without some mention of religion....
Any attempt to impose rigid limits upon the mention of God or references to the Bible in the classroom would be fraught with dangers.> 1906WB001
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1906WB001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). William Joseph Brennan, 1963, concurring with the majority opinion in the case of Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 225 (1963). John Whitehead, The Rights of Religious Persons in Public Education (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1991), p. 285.