Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
And quit bringing up our forefathers and saying they were civil libertarians. Our founding fathers would have never tolerated any of this… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
“As the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, — as it has in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Isn't it somewhat remarkable that we can go back a a few hundred years and find no shortage of quotations from our… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of… — John Quincy Adams 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
July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion. — John Adams Copy Share Image
The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a great… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity. Nowhere in the Gospels do we find a precept for Creeds,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Our Founding Fathers were the first to articulate the reasons for their First Amendment, the same reasons given by Learned Hand, and… — Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr Copy Share Image
No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The one thing our Founding Fathers could not foresee - they were farmers, professional men, businessmen giving of their time and effort… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
For my part, I sincerely esteem the Constitution, a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
It is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws. — George Washington Copy Share Image
