All things Quote by John Locke

The settled opinion here is that religion is essentially distinct from Civil Govt. and exempt from its cognizance; that a connection between them is…

— James Madison

Civil religion is the attempt to empower religion, not for the good of religion, but for the creation of the citizen.

— Stanley Hauerwas

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

Civil government is an ordinance of God, to conserve the civil peace of a people, so far as concerns their bodies and goods.

— Roger Williams

What is especially important is addressing the question of how religion can be enforced through political means and what can be done to create…

— Tony Campolo

The civil Government, though bereft of every thing like an associated hierarchy, possesses the requisite stability, and performs its functions with complete success; whilst…

— James Madison

The government and the church are two different realms of service, and those in political office have to face a subtle but important difference…

— Jimmy Carter

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

Politics is the most important of the civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion.

— Pope Francis

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for…

— Thomas Jefferson

In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights.

— James Madison

Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether.

— Michael Newdow