Church and state Quote by Barry McGowan

Those who wrote the Constitution clearly understood that power is dangerous and needs to be limited by being separated - separated not only into…

— Thomas Sowell

People don't seem to understand that the separation of powers is not about the power of these branches; it's there to protect individual liberty…

— Jonathan Turley

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

— Ken Buck

Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?

— Christine O'Donnell

The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of…

— Ron Paul

There are some who invoke separation of church and state - to try to get the government out of the business of morality -…

— Dinesh D'Souza

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

— Sean Hannity

The separation of church and state is a misnomer. People misunderstand it. Of course, it comes from a phrase that was in a letter…

— Mike Johnson

The First Amendment has created a wall of separation between the church and the State. But that wall is one directional. It is to…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The American tradition of separation of church and state grew directly from the freethinking of the Founders. After political independence, they considered independence of…

— Joshua Wolf Shenk

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

— Christine O'Donnell

I believe strongly in the Constitutional principle of separating church and state. Our founders were right in fearing that religious freedom would be threatened…

— Sargent Shriver