Constitution Quote by Ronald Reagan

The First Amendment was added to the Constitution to stand as a guarantee that neither the power nor the prestige of the Federal Government…

— Hugo Black

We don't need a constitutional amendment for kids to pray.

— William J. Clinton

The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that in this country it is no part of the…

— Hugo Black

The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary.

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Lamar S. Smith

In fact, it is because the nature of prayer is so personal and can have such a powerful effect on a community that the…

— Barbara Brandriff Crabb

The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people from religion; that amendment was written to protect religion from government…

— Ronald Reagan

God's sovereignty does not negate our responsibility to pray, but rather makes it possible for us to pray with confidence.

— Jerry Bridges

Lately the First Amendment has been interpreted to deny equal protection of the law to those who believe in God. The Constitution established freedom…

— Jack Kemp

“Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment, they…

— Ronald Reagan

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no…

— John Calvin

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

— George Santayana