Citizen-quotes Quote by Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Separating religion from the state means that citizens will be able to celebrate their freedom in peace and the martyrs who died fighting for…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Our forefathers understood that if you let one religion control “THE STATE,” they typically subjugate and destroy other competing religions that are different from…

— Lee Vickers

The state has not only the obligation to stay neutral in matters of religion but also to ensure that freedom of thought and conscience…

— Asma Jahangir

“Martyrdom is at the heart of all religion.”

— Dan Brown

Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the…

— Frank Murphy

It is worth noting that the people today who so vehemently wish to sweep religion from all public spaces and institutions are also the…

— Charley Reese

The obligation of the state is to guarantee freedom of religion, and that implies dealing with all of them on an equal footing.

— Ricardo Alarcon

When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.

— Walter Jon Williams

The safest way for a state is to lay down the rule that religion is comprised solely in the exercise of charity and justice,…

— Baruch Spinoza

“The only way to combat extremist ideas of religion is for government to teach the right religion.”

— Karen Elliott House

That Amendment requires the state to be a neutral in its relations with groups of religious believers and nonbelievers; it does not require the…

— Hugo Black

“Religion must be defended not by killing but by dying, not by violence but by patience.”

— Alan Kreider