--- title: "3 Church and state Quotes By Madalyn Murray O'Hair" description: "3 Church and state quotes by Madalyn Murray O'Hair. Plus more from Madalyn Murray O'Hair and more Church and state sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/763/madalyn-murray-o-hair-3597_church_i-was-overwhelmed-by-the-number-of-calls_1326338.jpg" --- > [I was overwhelmed by the number of calls we got from people offering to rent us houses, to take us out to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-was-overwhelmed-by-the-number-of-calls-we-got-from-people-offering/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/763/madalyn-murray-o-hair-3597_church_i-was-overwhelmed-by-the-number-of-calls_1326338.jpg) > [This crusade to separate church and state is only one expression of my raison d'être. I'm an atheist, but I'm also an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/this-crusade-to-separate-church-and-state-is-only-one-expression-of/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/madalyn-murray-o-hair-3597_anarchist_this-crusade-to-separate-church-and-stat_2723233.jpg) > [Once involved in the school-prayer fight, I rapidly became aware of, and appalled by, the political and economic power of the Church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/once-involved-in-the-school-prayer-fight-i-rapidly-became-aware-of/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/madalyn-murray-o-hair-3597_america_once-involved-in-the-school-prayer-fight_3007654.png) ## Other authors on Church and state - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 36 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-f-kennedy-51344.jpg) John F. Kennedy 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/john-f-kennedy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-madison-46533.jpg) James Madison 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/james-madison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-adams-50864.jpg) John Adams 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/john-adams/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-washington-38054.jpg) George Washington 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/george-washington/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ronald-reagan-81107.jpg) Ronald Reagan 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/ronald-reagan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-carter-49953.jpg) Jimmy Carter 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/jimmy-carter/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-ulysses-s-grant-92710.jpg) Ulysses S. Grant 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/ulysses-s-grant/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-paine-90547.jpg) Thomas Paine 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/thomas-paine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-billy-martin-18163.jpg) David Barton 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/david-barton/) - [Benjamin Franklin 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/benjamin-franklin/) ## More by Madalyn Murray O'Hair > [If a humanist or an atheist or an agnostic says, "We'll bake you a pie," we can go right into the kitchen and bake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/if-a-humanist-or-an-atheist-or-an-agnostic-says-we-ll-bake-you-a-pie/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [If you're talking about intellectual and social equality for women, we're not much better off.America is still very much a male-dominated society. Most American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/if-you-re-talking-about-intellectual-and-social-equality-for-women-we/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [My son Bill, who came to me in 1960-he was 14 then, quoted the old parable to me: "It is not by their words,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/my-son-bill-who-came-to-me-in-1960-he-was-14-then-quoted-the-old/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [There is no God. There's no heaven. There's no hell. There are no angels. When you die, you go in the ground, the worms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/there-is-no-god-there-s-no-heaven-there-s-no-hell-there-are-no-angels/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [Kids should be taught about sex, sex hygiene and contraceptive methods starting in the sixth grade, and whenever they want to try it, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/kids-should-be-taught-about-sex-sex-hygiene-and-contraceptive-methods/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition. It's no coincidence that most of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/intolerance-has-always-been-one-of-the-cornerstones-of-christianity/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [Long ago, when I was a very young girl, I said that I wanted to go everywhere, see everything, taste everything. hear everything, touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/long-ago-when-i-was-a-very-young-girl-i-said-that-i-wanted-to-go/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [Scholars have found that references to Christ in Josephus were deliberately planted in the translation long after it was written, and the Latin references…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/scholars-have-found-that-references-to-christ-in-josephus-were/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [“Oh, one of the things that I am most proud of is that people can say, "I am an atheist," in the United States…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/oh-one-of-the-things-that-i-am-most-proud-of-is-that-people-can-say-i/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [I decided that we'd have to take our chances with the law and get the hell out of Baltimore. I thought of seeking asylum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-decided-that-we-d-have-to-take-our-chances-with-the-law-and-get-the/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [My life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way by starting the school-prayer case. But it's been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/my-life-and-the-life-of-my-family-has-been-completely-disrupted-in/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [I need somebody who can at least stand up to me and slug it out, toe to toe. I don't mean a physical battle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-need-somebody-who-can-at-least-stand-up-to-me-and-slug-it-out-toe/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [I'm not proud of having been married -I've had five affairs, all of them real wingdings. I've enjoyed every goddamned minute of them, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-m-not-proud-of-having-been-married-i-ve-had-five-affairs-all-of/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [I'm saying that there's absolutely no conclusive evidence that Jesus ever really existed, even as a mortal. I don't believe he was a historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/i-m-saying-that-there-s-absolutely-no-conclusive-evidence-that-jesus/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) > [Engineers have a very limited education and background, I think you need to move into the broader humanities in order to become a total…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madalyn-murray-o-hair/engineers-have-a-very-limited-education-and-background-i-think-you/) [Madalyn Murray O'Hair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madalyn-murray-o-hair/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/madalyn-murray-o-hair/#itemlist", "name": "3 Church and state Quotes By Madalyn Murray O'Hair", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was overwhelmed by the number of calls we got from people offering to rent us houses, to take us out to dinner, to drive us around house hunting. 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