Both church and state claiming to be of divine origin have assumed divine right of man over woman; while church and state… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
This is a lttle prayer dedicated to the separation of church and state. I guess if they are going to force those… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I believe in a wall between church and state so high that no one can climb over it. — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The great ideas of the West - rationalism, self-criticism, the disinterested search for truth, the separation of church and state, the rule… — Ibn Warraq 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
Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I believe in an America ... where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“For indeed, the Church is divinely constituted and lives by her own right, not by privilege. Who ever would have granted her… — Louis Veuillot Copy Share Image
The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“At one time long ago the separation of church and state was the issue , Today the issue of the separation of… — Norbert F Hoffmann II Copy Share Image
For centuries it was never discovered that education was a function of the State, and the State never attempted to educate. But… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Let us settle ourselves, and work and wedge our feet downward through the mud and slush of opinion, and prejudice, and tradition,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I believe this notion of separation of church and state was the figment of some infidel's imagination. — W. A. Criswell Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state is extremely important to any of us who holds to the original traditions of our nation.… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“The American tradition of separation of church and state grew directly from the freethinking of the Founders. After political independence, they considered… — Joshua Wolf Shenk 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
“AND LOOK AT WHAT WE CALL ‘RELIGION’: TURN ON ANY TELEVISION ON ANY SUNDAY MORNING! SEE THE CHOIRS OF THE POOR AND… — John Irving Copy Share Image
The public schools shall be free from sectarian influences and, above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I think that local school districts - not the federal government - should make the decision about how they teach science, biology,… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
Kennedy believed in religious liberty and the separation of church and state. He did not believe in the right of elected officials… — Jack Schlossberg Copy Share Image
Of all the differences between the Old World and the New, this is perhaps the most salient. Half the wars of Europe,… — James Bryce Copy Share Image
