Able Quote by Peter McWilliams

Religion is separate from the institution of the state.

— Akbar Ganji

Religion mustn't interfere with the state - so one of the basic Democratic principles as we know it in America is the separation of…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

The more religious a state is, the more it resembles its religions example of hell on the earth.

— Ilkin Santak

From the standpoint of freedom of speech and the press, it is enough to point out that the state has no legitimate interest in…

— Tom C. Clark

The State may justify a limitation on religious liberty by showing it is essential to accomplish an overriding governmental interest.

— Warren E. Burger

How can you have the religion of the sovereign be the religion of the state if the sovereign belongs to many religions? And it's…

— Noah Feldman

The First Amendment...does not say that in every respect there shall be a separation of Church and State....Otherwise the state and religion would be…

— William O. Douglas

The state has no religion for the simple reason that it has each and everyone.

— Franz Grillparzer

That's why I believe in a Constitution which separates church from state. I've seen what happens when they get in cahoots.

— Craig Ferguson

The separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldn't interfere with the religious vision or…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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

The net effect of the distortion of the First Amendment is to require that wherever the state is, religion must be excluded.

— Pat Swindall