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title: "205 Church State Quotes by 148 authors"
description: "Browse 205 Church State quotes by 148 authors. Discover the best Church State sayings and thoughts."
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> [The divorce between church and state should be absolute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-garfield/the-divorce-between-church-and-state-should-be-absolute/)

[James A. Garfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-garfield/)

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> [Anybody that believes in separation of church and state needs to leave right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/star-parker/anybody-that-believes-in-separation-of-church-and-state-needs-to/)

[Star Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/star-parker/)

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> [The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/the-coziness-between-church-and-state-is-good-for-the-state-and-bad/)

[Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/)

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> [God's headache is not the decaying society but the church that is in the state of coma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justice-ogali/god-s-headache-is-not-the-decaying-society-but-the-church-that-is-in/)

[Justice Ogali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justice-ogali/)

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> [Blasphemy and sedition (meaning the truth about Church and State).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/blasphemy-and-sedition-meaning-the-truth-about-church-and-state/)

[George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/)

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> [Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-o-donnell/where-in-the-constitution-is-the-separation-of-church-and-state/)

[Christine O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-o-donnell/)

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> [Separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/separation-of-church-and-state-was-never-meant-to-separate-god-and/)

[Roy Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-moore/)

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> [“Church and State are both rent, by the tugging of the demonic and the Divine”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/church-and-state-are-both-rent-by-the-tugging-of-the-demonic-and-the/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyndon-b-johnson/the-separation-of-church-and-state-is-a-source-of-strength-but-the/)

[Lyndon B. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyndon-b-johnson/)

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> [“In the position of tension in which we are, between churchmanship and citizenship, our churchmanship is much freer than if we had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bloom/in-the-position-of-tension-in-which-we-are-between-churchmanship-and/)

[Anthony Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bloom/)

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> [The bedrock of this country are immigration and, really, a great separation between church and state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shahid-khan/the-bedrock-of-this-country-are-immigration-and-really-a-great/)

[Shahid Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shahid-khan/)

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> [It is not a question of religion, or of creed, or of party; it is a question of declaring and maintaining the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elihu-root/it-is-not-a-question-of-religion-or-of-creed-or-of-party-it-is-a/)

[Elihu Root](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elihu-root/)

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> [The founding fathers of the U.S. were right when they erected that wall between church and state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-starlin/the-founding-fathers-of-the-u-s-were-right-when-they-erected-that/)

[Jim Starlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-starlin/)

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> [I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/i-appreciate-that-question-because-i-in-the-state-of-texas-had-heard/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [The Constitution does not require complete separation of church and state; it affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-e-burger/the-constitution-does-not-require-complete-separation-of-church-and/)

[Warren E. Burger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-e-burger/)

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> [The 'wall of separation between church and state' is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rehnquist/the-wall-of-separation-between-church-and-state-is-a-metaphor-based-2/)

[William Rehnquist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rehnquist/)

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> [The civil Government, though bereft of every thing like an associated hierarchy, possesses the requisite stability, and performs its functions with complete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-civil-government-though-bereft-of-every-thing-like-an-associated/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [I believe strongly in the Constitutional principle of separating church and state. Our founders were right in fearing that religious freedom would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sargent-shriver/i-believe-strongly-in-the-constitutional-principle-of-separating/)

[Sargent Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sargent-shriver/)

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> [There are some who invoke separation of church and state - to try to get the government out of the business of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinesh-d-souza/there-are-some-who-invoke-separation-of-church-and-state-to-try-to/)

[Dinesh D'Souza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinesh-d-souza/)

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> [Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between Church and State, and that in my action as President of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-k-polk/thank-god-under-our-constitution-there-was-no-connection-between-2/)

[James K. Polk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-k-polk/)

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> [Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: why would we trade a system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-day-o-connor/those-who-would-renegotiate-the-boundaries-between-church-and-state/)

[Sandra Day O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-day-o-connor/)

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> [As you know, the separation of church and state is not subject to discussion or alteration. Under our Constitution no church or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/as-you-know-the-separation-of-church-and-state-is-not-subject-to/)

[Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/)

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> [Separation of church and state in Virginia, instead of weakening Christianity, as the conservatives of the Revolution had feared, really aided it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-j-eckenrode/separation-of-church-and-state-in-virginia-instead-of-weakening/)

H. J Eckenrode

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> [Nor can We predict happier times for religion and government from the plans of those who desire vehemently to separate the Church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-gregory-xvi/nor-can-we-predict-happier-times-for-religion-and-government-from-the/)

[Pope Gregory XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-gregory-xvi/)

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> [“The American Revolution is sometimes said to have brought about the separation of church and state. The northern states made such declarations,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/the-american-revolution-is-sometimes-said-to-have-brought-about-the/)

[Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/)

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> [“We operate under the notion that America actually belongs to us Christians, and that we belong to it. We believe that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronnie-mcbrayer/we-operate-under-the-notion-that-america-actually-belongs-to-us/)

[Ronnie McBrayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronnie-mcbrayer/)

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> [I questioned the faithful of all communions; I particularly sought the society of clergymen, who are the depositories of the various creeds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/i-questioned-the-faithful-of-all-communions-i-particularly-sought-the/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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> [“You can make a successful run for political office in this country without an especially thick résumé, any exceptional talent for expressing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-bruni/you-can-make-a-successful-run-for-political-office-in-this-country/)

[Frank Bruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-bruni/)

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> [Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/believing-with-you-that-religion-is-a-matter-which-lies-solely/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [This doctrine \['that the condition of man cannot be ameliorated, that what has been must ever be, and that to secure ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/this-doctrine-that-the-condition-of-man-cannot-be-ameliorated-that/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [We in the United States, above all, must remember that lesson, for we were founded as a nation of openness to people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/we-in-the-united-states-above-all-must-remember-that-lesson-for-we/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [“We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no belief. Nor will we ever. Church and state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/we-establish-no-religion-in-this-country-we-command-no-worship-we/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [“AND LOOK AT WHAT WE CALL ‘RELIGION’: TURN ON ANY TELEVISION ON ANY SUNDAY MORNING! SEE THE CHOIRS OF THE POOR AND…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/and-look-at-what-we-call-religion-turn-on-any-television-on-any/)

[John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/)

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> [“Secularism in the Christian world was an attempt to resolve the long and destructive struggle of church and state. Separation, adopted in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-lewis/secularism-in-the-christian-world-was-an-attempt-to-resolve-the-long/)

[Bernard Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-lewis/)

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> [“Let me speak plainly: The United States of America is and must remain a nation of openness to people of all beliefs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/let-me-speak-plainly-the-united-states-of-america-is-and-must-remain/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [“Church and State, will, of course, go on for ever, in spite of the fact that it is impossible for them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/church-and-state-will-of-course-go-on-for-ever-in-spite-of-the-fact/)

[Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/)

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> [“The church, so long a brake on progress in other European countries, no longer controlled the economic life of the country. Henry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-a-hudson/the-church-so-long-a-brake-on-progress-in-other-european-countries-no/)

[Edward A. Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-a-hudson/)

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> [“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/i-believe-in-an-america-where-the-separation-of-church-and-state-is-2/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

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> [I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state are absolute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-santorum/i-don-t-believe-in-an-america-where-the-separation-of-church-and/)

[Rick Santorum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-santorum/)

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> [Separation of church and state is the big club pulled out to beat back the Christians .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-barton/separation-of-church-and-state-is-the-big-club-pulled-out-to-beat/)

[David Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-barton/)

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                        "text": "“The American Revolution is sometimes said to have brought about the separation of church and state. The northern states made such declarations, but after 1776 they adopted taxes that forced everyone to support Christian teachings. William G. McLoughlin, quoting Supreme Court Justice David Brewer in 1892 that “this is a Christian nation,” says of the separation of church and state in the Revolution that it “was neither conceived of nor carried out. . . . Far from being left to itself, religion was imbedded into every aspect and institution of American life.”",
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                        "text": "I questioned the faithful of all communions; I particularly sought the society of clergymen, who are the depositories of the various creeds and have a personal interest in their survival ... all thought the main reason for the quiet sway of religion over their country was the complete separation of church and state. I have no hesitation in stating that throughout my stay in America I met nobody, lay or cleric, who did not agree about that.",
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                        "text": "“You can make a successful run for political office in this country without an especially thick résumé, any exceptional talent for expressing yourself, a noteworthy education or, for that matter, a basic grasp of science. But you better have religion. You better be ready to profess your faith in and fealty to God — the Judeo-Christian one, of course. And you better be convincing. A dust-up last week in the 2014 race for a United States Senate seat from Arkansas provided a sad reminder of this, showing once again that our ballyhooed separation of church and state is less canyon than itty-bitty crack.”",
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                        "text": "Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and State.",
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                        "text": "This doctrine ['that the condition of man cannot be ameliorated, that what has been must ever be, and that to secure ourselves where we are we must tread with awful reverence in the footsteps of our fathers']is the genuine fruit of the alliance between Church and State, the tenants of which finding themselves but too well in their present condition, oppose all advances which might unmask their usurpations and monopolies of honors, wealth and power, and fear every change as endangering the comforts they now hold.",
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                        "text": "We in the United States, above all, must remember that lesson, for we were founded as a nation of openness to people of all beliefs. And so we must remain. Our very unity has been strengthened by our pluralism. We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate. All are free to believe or not believe, all are free to practice a faith or not, and those who believe are free, and should be free, to speak of and act on their belief.",
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                        "text": "“AND LOOK AT WHAT WE CALL ‘RELIGION’: TURN ON ANY TELEVISION ON ANY SUNDAY MORNING! SEE THE CHOIRS OF THE POOR AND UNEDUCATED—AND THESE TERRIBLE PREACHERS, SELLING OLD JESUS-STORIES LIKE JUNK FOOD. SOON THERE’LL BE AN EVANGELIST IN THE WHITE HOUSE; SOON THERE’LL BE A CARDINAL ON THE SUPREME COURT. ONE DAY THERE WILL COME AN EPIDEMIC—I’LL BET ON SOME HUMDINGER OF A SEXUAL DISEASE. AND WHAT WILL OUR PEERLESS LEADERS, OUR HEADS OF CHURCH AND STATE … WHAT WILL THEY SAY TO US? HOW WILL THEY HELP US? YOU CAN BE SURE THEY WON’T CURE US—BUT HOW WILL THEY COMFORT US? JUST TURN ON THE TV—AND HERE’S WHAT OUR PEERLESS LEADERS, OUR HEADS OF CHURCH AND STATE WILL SAY: THEY’LL SAY, ‘I TOLD YOU SO!’ THEY’LL SAY, ‘THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR FUCKING AROUND—I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO IT UNTIL YOU GOT MARRIED.’ DOESN’T ANYONE SEE WHAT THESE SIMPLETONS ARE UP TO? THESE SELF-RIGHTEOUS FANATICS ARE NOT ‘RELIGIOUS’—THEIR HOMEY WISDOM”",
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                        "text": "“Secularism in the Christian world was an attempt to resolve the long and destructive struggle of church and state. Separation, adopted in the American and French Revolutions and elsewhere after that, was designed to prevent two things: the use of religion by the state to reinforce and extend its authority; and the use of the state power by the clergy to impose their doctrines and rules on others. This is a problem long seen as purely Christian, not relevant to Muslims or for that matter to Jews, for whom a similar problem has arisen in Israel. Looking at the contemporary Middle East, both Muslim and Jewish, one must ask whether this is still true -- or whether Muslims and Jews may perhaps have caught a Christian disease and might therefore consider a Christian remedy.”",
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                        "text": "“Let me speak plainly: The United States of America is and must remain a nation of openness to people of all beliefs. Our very unity has been strengthened by this pluralism. That's how we began; this is how we must always be. The ideals of our country leave no room whatsoever for intolerance, anti-Semitism, or bigotry of any kind -- none. The unique thing about America is a wall in our Constitution separating church and state. It guarantees there will never be a state religion in this land, but at the same time it makes sure that every single American is free to choose and practice his or her religious beliefs or to choose no religion at all. Their rights shall not be questioned or violated by the state. -- Remarks at the International Convention of B'nai B'rith, 6 September 1984”",
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                        "text": "“Church and State, will, of course, go on for ever, in spite of the fact that it is impossible for them to mingle, and that the confusion of these elements cannot lead to any consistent or even normal results, for there is falsity at the very foundation of it. Compromise between the Church and State in such questions as, for instance, jurisdiction, is, to my thinking, impossible in any real sense. My clerical opponent maintains that the Church holds a precise and defined position in the State. I maintain, on the contrary, that the Church ought to include the whole State, and not simply to occupy a corner in it, and, if this is, for some reason, impossible at present, then it ought, in reality, to be set up as the direct and chief aim of the future development of Christian society!”",
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                        "text": "“The church, so long a brake on progress in other European countries, no longer controlled the economic life of the country. Henry VIII, monarch from 1509 until his death in 1547, had set in train a process which was drastically to curtail the power of the church. The Catholic Church had owned as much as 33% of the land of England; Henry confiscated this land, selling most to the aristocracy. The economic power of the church was destroyed. The legal power of the Catholic Church similarly was terminated. Henry established a protestant church, the Church of England, which became the leading religion. The monarch remained head of the Church of England but Parliament was separate legally from the Church. The Civil War and the Glorious Revolution were in part about religion; the constitutional outcome to these events included the separation of church and state.”",
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                        "text": "“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote - where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference - and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him or the people who might elect him. I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish - where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches or any other ecclesiastical source - where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials - and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all. [Remarks to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, September 12 1960] ”",
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