Adopted Quote by Clarence Darrow

No religious doctrine shall be established by law.

— Elbridge Gerry

Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.

— Edward Kennedy

The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error.

— Thomas Jefferson

Political freedom cannot exist in any land where religion controls the state, and religious freedom cannot exist in any land where the state controls…

— Sam Ervin

The state authorities have no place in the church of God, no right to control and persecute the conscience.

— Hans Denck

A religious act cannot be performed with the aid of the bayonet or the bomb.

— Mahatma Gandhi

It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.

— Barry Goldwater

Religion cannot be the agenda of any government.

— Mamata Banerjee

We repeat and again reaffirm that neither a State nor the Federal Government can constitutionally force a person 'to profess a belief or disbelief…

— Hugo Black

There is no pestilence in a state like a zeal for religion, independent of morality.

— Jeremy Bentham

The union of Church and State is not to make the Church political, but the State religious.

— John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon

Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the…

— Frank Murphy