Civil Magistrate Quotes
- [T]hat the opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his… — Thomas Jefferson
- Baptists are very strong believers that the civil magistrate is ordained by God to punish those who do evil. — Richard Land
- So the question is, First, Whether the civil magistrate hath power to force men in things religious to do contrary to their conscience, and if… — Robert Barclay
- The Establishment Clause . . . stands as an expression of principle on the part of the Founders . . . that religion is too… — Hugo Black
- The civil magistrate cannot function without some ethical guidance, without some standard of good and evil. If that standard is not to be the revealed… — Greg L. Bahnsen