Best Church And State Quotes
115 Church And State quotes by 88 unique authors
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The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of all previous precedent…
— John Tyler
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Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between Church and State, and that in my action as President of the United States I…
— James K. Polk
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Let us labor for the security of free thought, free speech, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal rights and privileges for all men, irrespective…
— Ulysses S. Grant
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Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its…
— John F. Kennedy
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As you know, the separation of church and state is not subject to discussion or alteration. Under our Constitution no church or religion can be…
— Richard M. Nixon
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I believe in the separation of church and state and would not use my authority to violate this principle in any way.
— Jimmy Carter
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We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the state, and vice…
— Jimmy Carter
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We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are and must…
— Ronald Reagan
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Declare church and state forever separate and distinct; but each free within their proper spheres.
— Ulysses S. Grant
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Last year I was on Pat Robertson's show, and we discussed our basic Christian faith - for instance, separation of church and state. It's contrary…
— Jimmy Carter
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Total separation of church and state was considered the best safeguard for the health of each. As [Andrew] Jackson explained, in refusing to name a…
— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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We need to remember that the separation of church and state must never mean the separation of religious values from the lives of public servants.…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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It is not classified as a pagan religion. The so-called New Age activities and this are not called religions and therefore don't come under the…
— Dixie Lee Ray
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I strongly believe in the separation of church and state. But freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion, there is a better way.
— Al Gore
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Today courts wrongly interpret separation of church and state to mean that religion has no place in the public arena, or that morality derived from…
— Dinesh D'Souza
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There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that sanctifies the separation of church and state.
— Pat Robertson
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I think there is a puritanical wind that is blowing. I have never seen such a lack of separation between church and state in America,…
— Kevin Bacon
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I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic…
— Jim Wallis
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Church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact - religion and politics should not be mingled.
— Millard Fillmore
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For ten centuries Christianity, armed with the omnipotence of the Church and State and opposed by no competition, was able to deprave, debase, and falsify…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The single most prevalent form of child abuse in this country is the act of sending a child to a government school. We worry incessantly…
— Neal Boortz
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For democrats, it's as crucial to defend secular culture as to preserve secular law. And in fact the two projects are inseparable: When religion defines…
— Ellen Willis
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Separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.
— Roy Moore
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It can have a secular purpose and have a relationship to God because God was presumed to be both over the state and the church,…
— Roy Moore
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What makes books - and with them writers - so dangerous that church and state, politburos and the mass media feel the need to oppose…
— Gunter Grass
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