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title: "5 State Religious Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Political freedom cannot exist in any land where religion controls the state, and religious freedom cannot exist in any land where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-ervin/political-freedom-cannot-exist-in-any-land-where-religion-controls/)

[Sam Ervin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-ervin/)

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> [There is no relationship here between Church and State. Religious liberty has its unalterable place, along with civil and human liberty, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-g-harding/there-is-no-relationship-here-between-church-and-state-religious/)

[Warren G. Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-g-harding/)

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> [With our goddess, the Pachamama, and it is not possible to continue having a monopoly of religious faith, only Catholic. We have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evo-morales/with-our-goddess-the-pachamama-and-it-is-not-possible-to-continue/)

[Evo Morales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evo-morales/)

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> [The union of Church and State is not to make the Church political, but the State religious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-scott-1st-earl-of-eldon/the-union-of-church-and-state-is-not-to-make-the-church-political-but/)

[John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-scott-1st-earl-of-eldon/)

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> [Legal systems, at both the national and international level, are therefore required to recognize, guarantee and protect religious freedom, which is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/legal-systems-at-both-the-national-and-international-level-are/)

[Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/)

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