Christian Quote by Russell Kirk

The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“When the church aligns itself politically, it gives priority to the compromises and temporal successes of the political world rather than its Christian confession…

— Charles W. Colson

Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine…

— Thomas Jefferson

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

“Church and State, will, of course, go on for ever, in spite of the fact that it is impossible for them to mingle, and…

— Anton Chekhov

In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

The tenet of the separation of church and state is an unconstitutional doctrine.

— Sharron Angle

“For the civil government can give no new right to the church, nor the church to the civil government. So that, whether the magistrate…

— John Locke

A Church that has lost its voice for justice is a Church that has lost its relevance in the world.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Historically, religious groups have been most effective when they have stood apart from government and critiqued the performance of government in light of their…

— Edd Doerr

“A state which which includes within itself a terrorized Church has lost its most faithful servant.”

— Eric Metaxas

Church, the spiritual power, and the executive power are working today united in a system that confronts people. This alliance or cooperation between the…

— Andrey Zvyagintsev