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Church Quotes by James Madison
- The civil government ... functions with complete success ... by the total separation of the Church from the State.
- Torrents of blood have been spilt in the old world, by vain attempts of the secular arm, to extinguish Religious discord, by proscribing all difference…
- [The proposed establishment] will have a . . . tendency to banish our Citizens. . . . To superadd a fresh motive to emigration by…
- Who does not see that . . . the same authority which can force a citizen to contribute three pence only of his property for…
- Power is of an encroaching nature.
- The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe…
- In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
- The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of…
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- If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will… — Teresa of Avila
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- I don't know that the Libertarian Party has an official position on the separation of church and state. — Michael Badnarik
- I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large -… — Julianna Baggott
- A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump… — Russell Baker
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- I was married awfully young and I felt trapped. My wife had been divorced and all the time we were married we… — Don Adams
- See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious. — Charles Barkley
- In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians. — Karl Barth