The opening of the first grammar school was the opening of the first trench against monopoly in Church and State. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“Separation of church and state' meant freedom to worship, not freedom from worship.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What makes books - and with them writers - so dangerous that church and state, politburos and the mass media feel the… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation is ever dangerous. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If I might control the literature of the household, I would guarantee the well-being of Church and State. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The church must be reminded that it is not the master, or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for people who are serving (in office) to make sure there's a separation of church and state. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
And I strongly support the faith-based initiative that we're proposing, because I don't believe it violates the line between the separation of… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I believe in the absolute separation of church and state and in the strict enforcement of the Constitution that Congress shall make… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
A corporation is simply a form of organization used by human beings to achieve desired ends... Protecting the free-exercise rights of corporations… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
I talk about a Christianity that is enlightened enough to separate spirituality from the rest of life. Not just church and state,… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of church and state. We all have our own religious beliefs. There are people out there who… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldn't interfere with the religious… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
As for the Jews, I am just carrying on with the same policy which the Catholic Church has adopted for fifteen hundred… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Religion and liberty are inseparable. Religion is voluntary, and cannot, and ought not to be forced. This is a fundamental article of… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“Many of us vote under the assumption that if only the right man/woman/party/ideology could get seated in the White House, the Court… — Ronnie McBrayer 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
“Who is to decide what are the ‘right’ values?” wrote a professor of education. “Does ultimate moral authority lie with institutions such… — Charles W. Colson Copy Share Image
When I was at Notre Dame studying under Joe Evans, Frank O'Malley, and others, there was a very lively debate about the… — Bruce Babbitt Copy Share Image
What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where are fifty gospels, condemned as spurious by… — John Adams 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
“As I pondered over the facts that the light of reason is not only despised, but by many even execrated as a… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Jesus is not from Georgia. Jesus does not speak English. And Jesus is not a member of the NRA. — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
The disconnection of Church and State was a master stroke for freedom and harmony. — Josiah Warren Copy Share Image
Declare church and state forever separate and distinct; but each free within their proper spheres. — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance. — George Washington 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
I believe this notion of separation of church and state was the figment of some infidel's imagination. — W. A. Criswell Copy Share Image
For all of the separateness of church and state, Christian morality has shaped Britain and its inhabitants for a very long time. — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just Government instituted to secure… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the… — John F. Kennedy 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
Christians - at least Christians in a liberal democracy - have accepted, after Thomas Hobbes, that they must obey the secular rule… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali 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
I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of… — Adam Rickitt Copy Share Image
Church and State, Soul and Body, God and Man, are all one at Mont Saint Michel, and the business of all is… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
