Separation of church and state Quotes · Page 11

I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded…

— Barry Goldwater

It is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws.

— George Washington

Take away from Genesis the belief that Moses was the author, on which only the strange believe that it is the word…

— Thomas Paine

To me the separation of church and state is a thread that ought to run through public policy so that we can…

— Barry W. Lynn

We have this idea in our mind that there's a separation of church and state in America, which I think is a…

— Stephen Colbert

Today courts wrongly interpret separation of church and state to mean that religion has no place in the public arena, or that…

— Dinesh D'Souza

Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between Church and State, and that in my action as President of the…

— James K. Polk

Why has America's fringe left been making common cause with the Taliban, whose views on such matters as women's rights and separation…

— James Taranto

The First Amendment, however, does not say that in every and all respects there shall be a separation of Church and State.…

— William O. Douglas

We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of…

— Pete McCloskey

I... [am] convinced [man] has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.

— Thomas Jefferson

Those who live by mystery & charlatanerie, fearing you would render them useless by simplifying the Christian philosophy - the most sublime…

— Thomas Jefferson

I have never met a happy atheist. I believe in separation of church and state, but I think we have gone so…

— Dixie Carter

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

— James Madison

The sole purpose and effect of it is to exclude persecution and to secure the important right of religious liberty.

— Oliver Ellsworth

I think it's very important for people who are serving (in office) to make sure there's a separation of church and state.

— George W. Bush

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by…

— Thomas Paine

Separation of church and state in Virginia, instead of weakening Christianity, as the conservatives of the Revolution had feared, really aided it…

— H. J Eckenrode

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 believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the…

— Jimmy Carter

“[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

“When the government puts its imprimatur on a particular religion it conveys a message of exclusion to all those who do not…

— Harry A. Blackmun

I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced…

— Thomas Jefferson

I will not lay down and put this narrow, stubborn agenda ahead of our families, ahead of our Constitution, and ahead of…

— Senator John Kerry

I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the…

— John F. Kennedy