Separation of church and state Quotes · Page 4

I believe in the separation of church and state and would not use my authority to violate this principle in any way.

— Jimmy Carter

By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion... .

— Samuel Chase

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by…

— Thomas Paine

I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution.

— Ken Buck

Separation of church and state is the big club pulled out to beat back the Christians .

— David Barton

Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance.

— James Madison

The Bible: a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalise mankind.

— Thomas Paine

Quite often you hear people say, 'What about separation of church and state?' There is no such thing.

— Dan Severson

I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. The idea that the church can have…

— Rick Santorum

Anytime you hear the concept of the separation of church and state being talked about these days, it is never in regard…

— D. James Kennedy

There is no separation of church and state. Modern US Supreme Courts have raped the Constitution and raped the Christian faith and…

— Jerry Falwell

“Our forefathers understood the dangers of consolidated power. This is why they provided for a separation of powers within the U.S. Government…

— Barry McGowan

The separation of church and state is a misnomer. People misunderstand it. Of course, it comes from a phrase that was in…

— Mike Johnson

The mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to…

— Thomas Jefferson

The idea of America's religious groups fighting over the limited public money to be made available takes us down the road towards…

— David Saperstein

Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government.

— Thomas Jefferson

In a Christian Theocracy, you'll never be Christian enough. There's always going to be somebody there with another version of Christianity that…

— David Silverman

Today the separation of church and state in America is used to silence the church. When Christians speak out on issues, the…

— Francis Schaeffer

“It just means that for liberal democracy to develop in the Muslim Middle East, it will take much more than merely removing…

— John R. Bradley

The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of…

— John Tyler

Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates…

— Oliver Ellsworth

“Every new & successful example therefore of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters , is of importance. And I have…

— James Madison

Justice O'Connor was the fifth vote to uphold the time-honored principle, which bears repeating, of separation of church and state. There was…

— Dick Durbin

Ultimately, the court is heading to a doctrine of 'separation of campaign and state.' This doctrine, like separation of church and state…

— Bradley A. Smith

The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation, is ever more dangerous. Jesus had to work on the perilous confines…

— Thomas Jefferson

“You can make a successful run for political office in this country without an especially thick résumé, any exceptional talent for expressing…

— Frank Bruni

I don't know that the Libertarian Party has an official position on the separation of church and state.

— Michael Badnarik

“A truly free society protects all faiths, and true faith protects a free society.”

— Rick Warren

Separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.

— Roy Moore

Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence…

— Thomas Jefferson

I would suggest the taxation of all property equally whether church or corporation.

— Ulysses S. Grant

Creeds have been the bane of the Christian church ... made of Christendom a slaughter-house.

— Thomas Jefferson

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle.

— George Washington

I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America.

— John F. Kerry

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government.

— Thomas Jefferson

I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state are absolute.

— Rick Santorum

When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.

— Arlen Specter

I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.

— Rick Warren

[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

— James Madison

Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.

— Edward Kennedy