Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Let us by wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties. — James Monroe Copy Share Image
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history. — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact - religion and politics should not be mingled. — Millard Fillmore 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has… — John F. Kennedy 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
The United States has adventured upon a great and noble experiment . . . of total separation of Church and State. .… — John Tyler 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
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
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
The government of the United States of America has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
No person can be punished for entertaining or professing religious beliefs or disbeliefs, for church attendance or non-attendance. — Hugo Black 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
I do not speak for my church on public matters; and the church does not speak for me. — John F. Kennedy 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 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
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
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
I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced… — Thomas Jefferson 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
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 clergy, by getting themselves established by law and in-grafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court's 1947 decision which introduced the wall of separation between church and state 'has fueled a movement to sterilize anything… — Mickey Edwards Copy Share Image
We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
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