Amendments Quote by Hugo Black

The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the…

— Hugo Black

The First Amendment has created a wall of separation between the church and the State. But that wall is one directional. It is to…

— Thomas Jefferson

You're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment?

— Christine O'Donnell

I believe in a wall between church and state so high that no one can climb over it. When religion controls government, political liberty…

— Sam Ervin

When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment, they sought to protect churches from government interference. They never intended to construct a wall of…

— Ronald Reagan

The First Amendment, however, does not say that in every and all respects there shall be a separation of Church and State. Rathe, it…

— William O. Douglas

Anytime you hear the concept of the separation of church and state being talked about these days, it is never in regard to maintaining…

— D. James Kennedy

The First Amendment exists to protect our religious liberty--to ensure that all Americans are able to seek out worship God with all our hearts,…

— Ted Cruz

Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society.

— Thomas Jefferson

That's why I believe in a Constitution which separates church from state. I've seen what happens when they get in cahoots.

— Craig Ferguson

It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state.

— Sean Hannity

There should be absolutely no 'Separation of Church and State' in America.

— David Barton