The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation is ever dangerous. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between church and state. — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
I do not speak for my church on public matters; and the church does not speak for me. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history. — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation or imposed… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
[I]t would be unjust to our people and dangerous to our institutions to apply any portion of revenues of the nation or… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish - where religious liberty is so indivisible that an… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A man of abilities and character, of any sect whatever, may be admitted to any office of public trust under the United… — Edmund Randolph 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
We all agree that neither the Government nor political parties ought to interfere with religious sects. It is equally true that religious… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
We should begin by setting conscience free. When all men of all religions shall enjoy equal liberty, property, and an equal chance… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Because we hold it for 'a fundamental and undeniable truth', that religion or 'the duty which we owe to our Creator' and… — James Madison 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
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
Here we now have the freedom of all religions, and I hope that never again will we have a repetition of religious… — Harry S. Truman 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
Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to… — George Washington 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
What is dangerous about the far right is not that it takes religion seriously - most of us do - but rather… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
Systems of religious error have been adopted in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates… — Oliver Ellsworth Copy Share Image
I would suggest the taxation of all property equally whether church or corporation. — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
The Bible: a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalise mankind. — Thomas Paine 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
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
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
I believe in the separation of church and state and would not use my authority to violate this principle in any way. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
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