In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars. — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws. — George Washington Copy Share Image
No person can be punished for entertaining or professing religious beliefs or disbeliefs, for church attendance or non-attendance. — Hugo Black 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
There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that sanctifies the separation of church and state. — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history. — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
The separation of Church and State in everything relating to taxation should be absolute. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Who does not see that . . . the same authority which can force a citizen to contribute three pence only of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
What has been the effect of [religious] coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
America wasn't founded as a theocracy. America was founded by people trying to escape theocracies. Never in history have we had a… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
We have this idea in our minds that there's this separation of church and state in America, which I think is a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
Without God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience... without God, there is a coarsening of the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
They have kept us in submission because they have talked about separation of church and state. There is no such thing in… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
Politics is noble; it is one of the highest forms of charity, as Paul VI used to say. We sully it when… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Today the separation of church and state in America is used to silence the church. When Christians speak out on issues, the… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“It just means that for liberal democracy to develop in the Muslim Middle East, it will take much more than merely removing… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
The First Amendment...does not say that in every respect there shall be a separation of Church and State…Otherwise the state and religion… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Government control of the economy, no matter in whose behalf, has been the source of all the evils in our industrial society… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“There is a big difference between separation of church and state, and separation of God and state. There is a rightful separation… — Christian Overman Copy Share Image
We need to remember that the separation of church and state must never mean the separation of religious values from the lives… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The ACLU sees the separation of church and state as so absolute that not a single religious word must be allowed to… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
If we truly had separation of church and state, religious child grooming would be banned from publicly funded schools, and we wouldn't… — Steve Fowler Copy Share Image
The clergy, by getting themselves established by law and in-grafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against… — Thomas Jefferson 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
I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. The idea that the church can have… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
There is no separation of church and state. Modern US Supreme Courts have raped the Constitution and raped the Christian faith and… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state is a misnomer. People misunderstand it. Of course, it comes from a phrase that was in… — Mike Johnson Copy Share Image
The mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think the main fight is to dissuade Americans from what the secularists are trying to persuade them to be true: that… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an Atheist.… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
The single most prevalent form of child abuse in this country is the act of sending a child to a government school.… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish - where religious liberty is so indivisible that an… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I'm Catholic. I believe life begins at conception, but I'm also American, and I believe in the separation of church and state.… — Conor Lamb Copy Share Image
![“What has been the effect of [religious] coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/thomas-jefferson-43_american-founding-fa_what-has-been-the-effect-of-religious-co_3189614.jpg)
