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> [But today, government is taking those rights from us, pretending that it gives us our rights. Indeed, those rights come from God, and it was recognized throughout our history as such.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/but-today-government-is-taking-those-rights-from-us-pretending-that/)

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

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> [The First Amendment to the Constitution reflects that concept recognized in the Ten Commandments, that the duties we owe to God and the manner of discharging those duties are outside the purview of government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/the-first-amendment-to-the-constitution-reflects-that-concept/)

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

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## More by Roy Moore

> [Homosexual behavior is a ground for divorce, an act of sexual misconduct punishable as a crime in Alabama, a crime against nature, an inherent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/homosexual-behavior-is-a-ground-for-divorce-an-act-of-sexual/)

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

> [I was asked three times directly in the hearing before the board of the judiciary whether or not I would continue to acknowledge God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/i-was-asked-three-times-directly-in-the-hearing-before-the-board-of/)

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

> [And government's only role is to secure our rights for us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/and-government-s-only-role-is-to-secure-our-rights-for-us/)

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

> [America the Beautiful, or so you used to be, Land of the Pilgrims' pride, I'm glad they're not here to see, Babies piled in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/america-the-beautiful-or-so-you-used-to-be-land-of-the-pilgrims-pride/)

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

> [There is no such thing as evolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/there-is-no-such-thing-as-evolution/)

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

> [They might object to some of my opinions, but they don't object to my behavior as a judge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/they-might-object-to-some-of-my-opinions-but-they-don-t-object-to-my/)

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

> [If government can give you rights, government can take them away from you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/if-government-can-give-you-rights-government-can-take-them-away-from/)

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

> [It would bother me if a judge told me how I had to believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/it-would-bother-me-if-a-judge-told-me-how-i-had-to-believe/)

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

> [I must acknowledge God. It says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It says so in the First Amendment of the Constitution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/i-must-acknowledge-god-it-says-so-in-the-constitution-of-alabama-it/)

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

> [Anytime you deny the acknowledgement of God you are undermining the entire basis for which our country exists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/anytime-you-deny-the-acknowledgement-of-god-you-are-undermining-the/)

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

> [That's not the federal law. What you're confusing is law with the opinion of a justice, what one lone federal judge says is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/that-s-not-the-federal-law-what-you-re-confusing-is-law-with-the/)

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

> [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/)

> [False religions like Islam who teach that you must worship this way, are completely opposite with what our First Amendment stands for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/false-religions-like-islam-who-teach-that-you-must-worship-this-way/)

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

> [America promotes a lot of bad things, you know. Same-sex marriage, for example.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/america-promotes-a-lot-of-bad-things-you-know-same-sex-marriage-for/)

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

> [The forefathers, including James Madison, felt very strongly that the duties that we owe to God were outside of government's prerogative, that government had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-moore/the-forefathers-including-james-madison-felt-very-strongly-that-the/)

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