Atheism Quote by Dan Barker

The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.

— John Paul Stevens

The concept of neutrality can lead to a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility to the…

— Arthur Goldberg

By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world…

— Barry Goldwater

By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world…

— Barry Goldwater

If a State refused to let religious groups use facilities open to others, then it would demonstrate not neutrality but hostility toward religion.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

“Government in our democracy, state and national, must be neutral in matters of religious theory, doctrine, and practice. It may not be hostile to…

— Abe Fortas

In the relationship between man and religion, the state is firmly committed to a position of neutrality.

— Tom C. Clark

With a great moral issue involved, neutrality does not serve righteousness; for to be neutral between right and wrong is to serve wrong.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we…

— Woodrow Wilson

I think the main fight is to dissuade Americans from what the secularists are trying to persuade them to be true: that the separation…

— Antonin Scalia

Keeping religion immune from criticism is both unwarranted and dangerous.

— Lawrence M. Krauss

“While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its problems. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us…

— Sam Harris