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Church Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- To talk of immaterial existences is to talk of nothings. To say that the human soul, angels, god, are immaterial, is to say they are…
- Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his…
- But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish religion, before his principles were departed from by those who…
- Creeds have been the bane of the Christian church ... made of Christendom a slaughter-house.
- The First Amendment has created a wall of separation between the church and the State. But that wall is one directional. It is to keep…
- To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical; . .…
- The impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the…
- In matters of religion, I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the general government. I…
- No man complains of his neighbor for ill management of his affairs, for an error in sowing his land, or marrying his daughter, for consuming…
- This doctrine ['that the condition of man cannot be ameliorated, that what has been must ever be, and that to secure ourselves where we are…
- The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
- Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.
- Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all…
- We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.
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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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- 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