Authority Quote by James Madison

It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority…

— James Madison

“We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man’s right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly…

— James Madison

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

In a free government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case…

— Alexander Hamilton

It is time enough, for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere [in the propagation of religious teachings] when principles…

— Thomas Jefferson

We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man's right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly…

— James Madison

“...legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared…

— Thomas Jefferson

You are further to declare that we hold sacred the rights of conscience, and may promise to the whole people, solemnly in our name,…

— Roger Sherman

Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious…

— James Madison

Strongly guarded as is the separation between Religion and Government in the Constitution of the United States, the danger of encroachment by Ecclesiastical Bodies…

— James Madison

The modern concept of separation is an argument for a total separation of religion from the state. The consequence of the acceptance of the…

— Francis Schaeffer

I esteem it above all things necessary to distinguish exactly the business of civil government from that of religion and to settle the just…

— John Locke