Separation of church and state Quotes by James Madison

The Constitution of the U.S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion.

— James Madison

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the…

— James Madison

We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them.

— James Madison

[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

— James Madison

Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance.

— James Madison

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

— James Madison

Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just Government instituted to secure…

— James Madison

Who does not see that . . . the same authority which can force a citizen to contribute three pence only of…

— James Madison

“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the…

— James Madison

Because we hold it for 'a fundamental and undeniable truth', that religion or 'the duty which we owe to our Creator' and…

— James Madison

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the…

— James Madison

We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. The merit will…

— James Madison

The civil Government, though bereft of every thing like an associated hierarchy, possesses the requisite stability, and performs its functions with complete…

— James Madison

“[T]here remains [in some parts of the country] a strong bias towards the old error, that without some sort of alliance or…

— James Madison

Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the…

— James Madison

“Every new & successful example therefore of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters , is of importance. And I have…

— James Madison

It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the…

— James Madison

Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious…

— James Madison

Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against…

— James Madison