Separation of church and state Quotes · Page 4

I would suggest the taxation of all property equally whether church or corporation.

— Ulysses S. Grant

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

— Michael Badnarik

Quite often you hear people say, 'What about separation of church and state?' There is no such thing.

— Dan Severson

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle.

— George Washington

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

— John F. Kerry

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

— Thomas Jefferson

I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.

— Rick Warren

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

— James Madison

I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of…

— John Adams

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

— Thomas Paine

I believe in the separation of church and state. The government has the right to say what happens in a civil case,…

— Jimmy Carter

No tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to support any religious activities or institutions, whatever they may be…

— Hugo Black

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

The separation of church and state has been a cornerstone of American democracy for over two hundred years. Getting rid of it…

— Andy Borowitz

In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have…

— Samuel Adams

I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much…

— Desmond Tutu

“Government in our democracy, state and national, must be neutral in matters of religious theory, doctrine, and practice. It may not be…

— Abe Fortas

That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by…

— Patrick Henry

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

— Barry Goldwater

Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have…

— Thomas Jefferson

Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was…

— Thomas Jefferson

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

In a Christian Theocracy, you'll never be Christian enough. There's always going to be somebody there with another version of Christianity that…

— David Silverman

Between being praised and persecuted condoned and condemned I might understandably have become bewildered particularly at the brand of ethics sometimes displayed…

— Vashti McCollum

“[ Said during a debate when his opponent asserted that atheism and belief in evolution lead to Nazism :] Atheism by itself…

— Christopher Hitchens

“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

Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.

— Edward Kennedy

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government.

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Rick Santorum

When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.

— Arlen Specter

I believe in the separation of church and state and would not use my authority to violate this principle in any way.

— Jimmy Carter

By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion... .

— Samuel Chase

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

— Thomas Paine

I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution.

— Ken Buck

Separation of church and state is the big club pulled out to beat back the Christians .

— David Barton

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

— James Madison

Church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact - religion and politics should not be mingled.

— Millard Fillmore

You're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment?

— Christine O'Donnell

It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state.

— Sean Hannity

The government of the United States of America has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of…

— John Adams