Andrew Quote by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

the separation of church and state grew out of a desire, not so much to protect government from religion, but to protect religion from…

— Anna Quindlen

The separation of church and state was meant to protect church from state; a state that declares religion off limits in public life is…

— Ben Shapiro

The separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldn't interfere with the religious vision or…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Separation prevents the government from determining church policy, whether directly or indirectly.

— John M Swomley

Religion mustn't interfere with the state - so one of the basic Democratic principles as we know it in America is the separation of…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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

— Dan Severson

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

— Barry Goldwater

The separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldn't interfere with the religious vision or…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Today the separation of church and state is America is used to silence the church... The way the concept is used today is totally…

— Francis Schaeffer

To me the separation of church and state is a thread that ought to run through public policy so that we can always recognize…

— Barry W. Lynn

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

— Barry Goldwater

The decision for complete religious freedom and for separation of church and state in the eyes of the rest of the world was perhaps…

— Henry Steele Commager