Bricks Quote by John Paul Stevens

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion.

— Hugo Black

Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.

— Corrie Ten Boom

Civilization runs a greater risk if we maintain our present attitude to religion than if we give it up.

— Sigmund Freud

I believe in a wall between church and state so high that no one can climb over it. When religion controls government, political liberty…

— Sam Ervin

Worst of all, however, is the devastation wrought by the misuse of religious conviction for political ends. In truth, we cannot sharply enough attack…

— Adolf Hitler

Religion gives us a place to stand outside politics, and without it we're vulnerable to a system in which the state defines everything, which…

— R. R. Reno

The 'wall of separation between church and state' is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor which has proved useless as a guide…

— William Rehnquist

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

Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious entities to…

— Marco Rubio

The great decisions of government cannot be dictated by the concerns of religious factions.... We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs…

— Barry Goldwater

I can think of no greater disaster to this country than to have the voters of it divide upon religious lines.

— Al Smith

It is the wall of separation between church and state . . . that is largely responsible for religion thriving in this country, as…

— Alan Dershowitz