Appropriation Quote by James Madison

[T]he bill exceeds the rightful authority to which governments are limited by the essential distinction between civil and religious functions, and violates in particular…

— James Madison

To the Baptist Churches on Neal's Greek on Black Creek, North Carolina I have received, fellow-citizens, your address, approving my objection to the Bill…

— James Madison

Baptists have long upheld the ideal of a free church in a free state. And from the beginning, they believed that forcing a person…

— George W. Bush

I fully understand it's important to maintain the separation of church and state. We don't want the state to become the church, nor do…

— George W. Bush

As you know, the separation of church and state is not subject to discussion or alteration. Under our Constitution no church or religion can…

— Richard M. Nixon

Because the bill vests in the said incorporated church an authority to provide for the support of the poor and the education of poor…

— James Madison

The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that in this country it is no part of the…

— Hugo Black

I think it's a bill that puts a high priority on religious freedom and recognizes that as a part of the balance.

— Asa Hutchinson

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

But the United States is neither a Christian nation nor the exclusive home of any particular religious group. Non-Christians are not guests. We are…

— Alan Dershowitz

Religion mustn't interfere with the state - so one of the basic Democratic principles as we know it in America is the separation of…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

The Founders wanted to protect the church from an encroaching state, not the other way around.

— Mike Johnson