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
“Since God will have us leave father and mother for his sake, certainly he will have us leave lords (governors) for his… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution.… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accepts instructions… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state was meant to protect church from state; a state that declares religion off limits in public… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
The mixing of government and religion can be a threat to free government, even if no one is forced to participate.... When… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state has been a cornerstone of American democracy for over two hundred years. Getting rid of it… — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. — James Madison 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
You can separate the church and state all you like, but Christmas is inescapable, and it's marvellous, and it's not going away. — Robert Rinder Copy Share Image
One area where American Jews have something to teach Israel is religious pluralism, something that living in a democracy with a separation… — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
When I talk about people wrapping themselves in the flag and hiding behind Jesus - that's an anti-intellectual thing to do in… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
It is manifest therefore that they who have sovereign power, are immediate rulers of the church under Christ, and all others but… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
“As the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, — as it has in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter.… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
The union of church and state put the church under a political control... The church was thoroughly subordinated to the state. — H. J Eckenrode Copy Share Image
The single most prevalent form of child abuse in this country is the act of sending a child to a government school.… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
We have solved, by fair experiment, the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
If we did a good act merely from love of God and a belief that it is pleasing to Him, whence arises… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The great monuments are raised up like dams, pitting the logic of majesty and authority against all the shady elements: it is… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
We have this idea in our minds that there's this separation of church and state in America, which I think is a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as separation of church and state. It is merely a figment of the imagination of infidels. — W. A. Criswell Copy Share Image
