First amendment Quote by James Madison

“Every new and successful example, therefore, of a perfect separation between the ecclesiastical and civil matters, is of importance; and I have no doubt…

— James Madison

Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance.

— James Madison

An alliance or coalition between Government and religion cannot be too carefully guarded against......Every new and successful example therefore of a PERFECT SEPARATION between…

— James Madison

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will…

— James Madison

“What influence, in fact, have ecclesiastical establishments had on society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the…

— James Madison

“Civil government and economics and society change because theology changes.”

— Joseph C. Morecraft III

“When Church and State are separate, the effects are happy, and they do not at all interfere with each other; but where they have…

— Isaac Backus

God has appointed two kinds of government in the world, which are distinct in their nature, and ought never to be confounded together; one…

— Isaac Backus

“When the Church tries to embody the rule of God in the forms of earthly power it may achieve that power, but it is…

— Lesslie Newbigin

“When the church aligns itself politically, it gives priority to the compromises and temporal successes of the political world rather than its Christian confession…

— Charles W. Colson

“There is a big difference between separation of church and state, and separation of God and state. There is a rightful separation of church…

— Christian Overman

Probably in all history there is no instance of a society in which ecclesiastical power was dominant which was not at once stagnant, corrupt…

— George Agnew Reid