“[ Said during a debate when his opponent asserted that atheism and belief in evolution lead to Nazism :] Atheism by itself… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think very few people realize how much the separation of church and state has to do with the fact that Americans… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldn't interfere with the religious… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
The idea of America's religious groups fighting over the limited public money to be made available takes us down the road towards… — David Saperstein Copy Share Image
An enforced uniformity of religion throughout a nation or civil state, confounds the civil and religious, denies the principles of Christianity and… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“The phrase ‘separation of church and state,’ which appears in no founding document (only in a letter written by Thomas Jefferson), means… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
There's a separation of church and state. If you want the perks that churches have traditionally received, then abide by the rules.… — Anthony B Pinn Copy Share Image
“The humanitarian philosophies that have been developed (sometimes under some religious banner and invariably in the face of religious opposition) are human… — Harry Kroto Copy Share Image
I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state are absolute. — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
It is too late in the day for men of sincerity to pretend they believe in the Platonic mysticisms that three are… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There's no question that a public official of either party can take it too far, and it's up to the candidate to… — Bob Casey, Jr Copy Share Image
“Government in our democracy, state and national, must be neutral in matters of religious theory, doctrine, and practice. It may not be… — Abe Fortas Copy Share Image
The 'wall of separation between church and state' is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as… — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that sanctifies the separation of church and state. — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state. — Sean Hannity Copy Share Image
I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is… — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
“When we seek to understand liberty, equality, progress, constitutional governance, separation of church and state, and the meaning of the American Revolution,… — R.B. Bernstein 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
I believe that prayer in public schools should be voluntary. It is difficult for me to see how religious exercises can be… — Gerald R. Ford 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
