Earlier in my political career, I had the opportunity to read the speech, and I almost threw up. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/post/santorum-says-he-almost-threw-up-after-reading-jfk-speech-on-separation-of-church-and-state/2012/02/26/gIQA91hubR_blog.html) — Michael C. Burgess Copy Share Image
The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have… — John Adams 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
I fully understand it's important to maintain the separation of church and state. We don't want the state to become the church,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the… — James Madison 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
Force was the factor in the government of the world when Christ was born, and force was the source and exercise of… — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
Let us labor for the security of free thought, free speech, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal rights and privileges for… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
It was in this year, 1828, that the standard of "the Christian Party in Politics" was openly unfurled... This was an evident… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
I could not do otherwise without transcending the limits prescribed by the Constitution for the President and without feeling that I might… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Last year I was on Pat Robertson's show, and we discussed our basic Christian faith - for instance, separation of church and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Churches can easily bring together, in a short period of time, a substantial number of people, and politicians have to assume that… — Anthony B Pinn Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state can sometimes be frustrating for women and men of deep religious faith. They may be tempted… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
. . . Thirteen governments [of the original states] thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I think very few people realize how much the separation of church and state has to do with the fact that Americans… — Susan Jacoby 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
Thomas Jefferson declared, stating that he was speaking on behalf of the other founding fathers, ...(that) we should build a wall between… — Jimmy Carter 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
To try to turn Iraq into a liberal democracy is absolutely crazy. Islam has no understanding of the separation between church and… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
“Prosecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly-marked feature of all law-religious, or religions established… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of… — Pete McCloskey Copy Share Image
The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
I do not make decisions [as governor] based on what have I learned through my Bible studies, what have I learned in… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
God has appointed two kinds of government in the world, which are distinct in their nature, and ought never to be confounded… — Isaac Backus Copy Share Image
The current version of... separation of church and state says you can be salt, and you can be light, but only inside… — David Barton Copy Share Image
US is a very religious country. Separation of church and state is part of our credo, but that it is hard to… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
There's a reason we seperate Church and State. The reason for the richness and the diversity of religion in this nation is… — Phil Donahue 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
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 Copy Share Image
The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God? Sometimes there seems… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
The arbitrary division between church and state... is used, as an easily identifiable rallying point, to subdue the opinions of that vast… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have… — Samuel Adams 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
There's a way to accomplish the separation of church and state, and at the same time, accomplish the social objective of having… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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![“I do not make decisions [as governor] based on what have I learned through my Bible studies, what have I learned in my religious classes in school. I'm a big believer in separation of church and state, and I think that's what . . . the law is.” quote by Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/arnold-schwarzenegger-657_believer_i-do-not-make-decisions-as-governor-base_18031.jpg)
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