Approved Quote by Hugo Black

Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine…

— Thomas Jefferson

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

— James Madison

While just government protects all in their religious rites, true religion affords government its surest support.

— George Washington

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

— John Paul Stevens

In our sensible zeal to keep religion from dominating our politics, we have created a political and legal culture that presses the religiously faithful…

— Stephen L. Carter

Religions are manipulated in order to serve those who govern society and not the other way around.

— Gore Vidal

Historically, religious groups have been most effective when they have stood apart from government and critiqued the performance of government in light of their…

— Edd Doerr

There is a powerful desire by majorities to assert a religious identity for the country.

— Jack Balkin

“Religious people should always be wary of the ways in which political power is wielded and skeptical of how economic privileges are distributed. They…

— E.J. Dionne Jr

The freedom or immunity from coercion in matters religious, which is the endowment of persons as individuals, is also to be recognized as their…

— Pope Paul VI

Two hundred years ago the forces of freedom challenged this idea. The children of the new enlightenment rose up to defy the tyranny of…

— Sherwin Wine

Freedom of religion requires not only freeing religion from undue government regulation and interference. It also requires freeing religion from discrimination and from vile…

— William Barr