Separation of church and state Quotes · Page 13

...It would be more consistent that we call [the Bible] the work of a demon than the word of God. It is…

— Thomas Paine

State assaults on the separation of church and state are nothing new.

— Adam Cohen

I never liked the Hierarchy of the Church-an equality in the teacher of Religion, and a dependence on the people, are republican…

— Rufus King

If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of…

— Tony Campolo

“Our forefathers understood the dangers of consolidated power. This is why they provided for a separation of powers within the U.S. Government…

— Barry McGowan

“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

Anytime you hear the concept of the separation of church and state being talked about these days, it is never in regard…

— D. James Kennedy

There's a way to accomplish the separation of church and state, and at the same time, accomplish the social objective of having…

— George W. Bush

Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be…

— George Washington

Once involved in the school-prayer fight, I rapidly became aware of, and appalled by, the political and economic power of the Church…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

[The Drafters of the Constitution] were intent on avoiding more than 100 years of religious intolerance and persecution in American colonial history…

— John M Swomley

“If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.”

— Ronald Reagan

Politics is noble; it is one of the highest forms of charity, as Paul VI used to say. We sully it when…

— Pope Francis

I fully understand it's important to maintain the separation of church and state. We don't want the state to become the church,…

— George W. Bush

It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people…

— George Washington

The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature. . .…

— John Adams

By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of…

— Barry Goldwater

“The American Revolution is sometimes said to have brought about the separation of church and state. The northern states made such declarations,…

— Howard Zinn

I don't know that the Libertarian Party has an official position on the separation of church and state.

— Michael Badnarik

The ACLU sees the separation of church and state as so absolute that not a single religious word must be allowed to…

— Nat Hentoff

They knew that to put God in the constitution was to put man out. They knew that the recognition of a Deity…

— Anonymous

I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.

— Rick Santorum

I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America.

— John F. Kerry

“As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in…

— John Adams

Creeds have been the bane of the Christian church ... made of Christendom a slaughter-house.

— Thomas Jefferson