Church Quote by Lawrence Wright

Church tax exemption means that we all drop our money in the collection boxes, whether we go to church or not and whether we…

— E. Haldeman-Julius

The churches rose to power on the income from tax-free property. What earthly -or heavenly- right have they got to enjoy a privilege denied…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Why should an atheist pay more taxes so that a church which he despises should pay no taxes? That's a fair question. How can…

— E. Haldeman-Julius

I'd make an educated guess that 20 to 25 percent of the taxable property in the U.S. is Church-owned.In a recent book, Church Wealth…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

If this taxation exemptions for Church were rescinded, our property taxes would be substantially lowered, and those who rent houses and apartments would consequently…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I don't know how you feel, but I'm pretty sick of church people. You know what they ought to do with churches? Tax them.…

— George Carlin

No church property is taxed and so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit.

— Mark Twain

It is an absurd fiction that the churches are useful. They are nothing more than propaganda centers for superstitious faiths and doctrines. Church members…

— E. Haldeman-Julius

If all those magnificent cathedrals with their valuable lands in Boston, Philadelphia and New York were taxed as they should be, the taxes of…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in any state…

— James A. Garfield

There's a separation of church and state. If you want the perks that churches have traditionally received, then abide by the rules. If you're…

— Anthony B Pinn

John Marshall's warning that the power to tax is the power to destroy has taken on far greater meaning... more specifically, the power of…

— Chuck Grassley