After Quote by Mike Medavoy

The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of…

— Ron Paul

“The American tradition of separation of church and state grew directly from the freethinking of the Founders. After political independence, they considered independence of…

— Joshua Wolf Shenk

The union of church and state put the church under a political control... The church was thoroughly subordinated to the state.

— H. J Eckenrode

We know that the Constitution wisely separates church from state, but remember: the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

— Joe Lieberman

They knew that to put God in the constitution was to put man out. They knew that the recognition of a Deity would be…

— Anonymous

The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which…

— Ronald Reagan

Sometimes the state and the constitution are more enlightened than society.

— Arundhati Roy

The separation of church and state was meant to protect church from state; a state that declares religion off limits in public life is…

— Ben Shapiro

Justice O'Connor was the fifth vote to uphold the time-honored principle, which bears repeating, of separation of church and state. There was real wisdom…

— Dick Durbin

I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution.

— Ken Buck

The decision for complete religious freedom and for separation of church and state in the eyes of the rest of the world was perhaps…

— Henry Steele Commager

This is perhaps the most important statement on religion ever made. It clarified the intent of the founders of the constitution irrespective of the…

— Thomas Jefferson