Behalf Quote by Jimmy Carter

The founding fathers of the U.S. were right when they erected that wall between church and state.

— Jim Starlin

Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow…

— William J. Clinton

“The phrase ‘separation of church and state,’ which appears in no founding document (only in a letter written by Thomas Jefferson), means that America…

— Dennis Prager

“When the boys were little, I used to take them to the gleaming white Jefferson Memorial at the edge of the Tidal Basin. Under…

— Khizr Khan

Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our Nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow…

— William J. Clinton

Jefferson found in the religion phrases of the First Amendment no vague or fuzzy language to be bent or shaped or twisted as suited…

— Edwin Gaustad

“on the principle of its being a public blessing. —THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to”

— Mark Meckler

I want to say to you is that James Madison and Thomas Jefferson did not intend to drive a stake in the heart of…

— William J. Clinton

“Some talked,some wrote, and some fought to promote and establish it, but you, Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson thought for us all”

— Benjamin Rush

It is false to suggest that Thomas Jefferson or any other Founding Father believed in a legal barrier to God in the public square.

— Newt Gingrich

“On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have been quarreling,…

— George Washington

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