Government Quote by Josh Hawley

The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

— Lamar S. Smith

The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesn't say keep religion out of government.

— Rand Paul

Freedom of religion does not entitle your religion to have a privileged position within the public sphere.

— Gad Saad

Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from…

— Linda Chavez

The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion.

— James Buchanan

When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment, they sought to protect churches from government interference. They never intended to construct a wall of…

— Ronald Reagan

The Constitution of the U.S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion.

— James Madison

I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.

— Jesse Ventura

Freedom requires religion in society, not in individuals.

— Mitt Romney

The Constitution does not require complete separation of church and state; it affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions, and forbids hostility…

— Warren E. Burger

The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.

— Michael Newdow