The [president] has no particle of spiritual jurisdiction. . . . — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation is ever dangerous. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
I... [am] convinced [man] has no natural right in opposition to his social duties. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal when it asserts that god prefers some — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between church and state. — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish - where religious liberty is so indivisible that an… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Because we hold it for 'a fundamental and undeniable truth', that religion or 'the duty which we owe to our Creator' and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
[I]t would be unjust to our people and dangerous to our institutions to apply any portion of revenues of the nation or… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation or imposed… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We should begin by setting conscience free. When all men of all religions shall enjoy equal liberty, property, and an equal chance… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We all agree that neither the Government nor political parties ought to interfere with religious sects. It is equally true that religious… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The United States has adventured upon a great and noble experiment . . . of total separation of Church and State. .… — John Tyler Copy Share Image
Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The sole purpose and effect of it is to exclude persecution and to secure the important right of religious liberty. — Oliver Ellsworth Copy Share Image
A man of abilities and character, of any sect whatever, may be admitted to any office of public trust under the United… — Edmund Randolph Copy Share Image
Church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact - religion and politics should not be mingled. — Millard Fillmore Copy Share Image
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. — James Madison Copy Share Image
No person can be punished for entertaining or professing religious beliefs or disbeliefs, for church attendance or non-attendance. — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The government of the United States of America has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
It is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history. — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
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