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By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with… — Barry Goldwater
I believe in the separation of church and state. We all have our own religious beliefs. There are people out there who are atheists, who… — Jesse Ventura
I do not make decisions [as governor] based on what have I learned through my Bible studies, what have I learned in my religious classes… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Bill of Rights decoupled religion from the state, in part because so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind - each… — Carl Sagan
[The Drafters of the Constitution] were intent on avoiding more than 100 years of religious intolerance and persecution in American colonial history and an even… — John M Swomley
The state, frankly, could care less. Historically, the state has been able to use any religious point of view for its own ends. . .… — Peter McWilliams
It is the wall of separation between church and state . . . that is largely responsible for religion thriving in this country, as compared… — Alan Dershowitz
One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?' . . . In Norway, for example, the liberal labor government has… — Dan Barker
If Jehovah cannot support his religion without going into partnership with a State Legislature, I think he ought to give it up. — Robert Green Ingersoll
[Disestablishment was] the best thing that ever happened to the state of Connecticut. It cut the churches loose from dependence on state support. It threw… — Lyman Beecher
The idea of America's religious groups fighting over the limited public money to be made available takes us down the road towards the kind of… — David Saperstein
For however much the state may gain by not having to fund roads on its own, society would lose in aggregate if the open commons… — Lawrence Lessig
It is hardly fair to blame America for the state of San Francisco, for its population is cosmopolitan and its seaport attracts the floating vice… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant state of dissatisfaction… — Mario Vargas Llosa
Ancients knew that you need guidance, patronage and protection as you move from one place or state to another, whenever you cross a bridge. You… — Richard Rohr
Why, in our 'free' country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying? — John Stossel
If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state? — Tony Campolo
The key point to understand is that prosperity is an internal experience, not an external state, and it is an experience that is not tied… — Shakti Gawain
Nine-tenths of the appeal of pornography is due to the indecent feelings concerning sex which moralists inculcate in the young; the other tenth is physiological,… — Bertrand Russell
To preserve permanent good health, the state of mind must be taken into consideration. — Robert Owen
Knowledge of ourselves teaches us whence we come, where we are and whither we are going. We come from God and we are in exile;… — John of Ruysbroeck
The worst thing that can happen to an artist is to be subsidized by the state. It leads to an intellectual and artistic castration. — Mario Vargas Llosa
The clash between the aspirations of the people for a better life and the insistence of their rulers on building a powerful state, regardless of… — Harrison Salisbury
Why can't a state that launches cosmonauts into space provide enough eggs and milk for its city children during the winter months? — Harrison Salisbury
Thus, if there is anyone who is confident that he can advise me as to the best advantage of the state in this campaign which… — Livy

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