Atheism Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Thirdly, the supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property without his own consent: for the preservation of property being…

— John Locke

Our Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.

— Katharine Hepburn

“Conquest by force is not sanctioned by God. The Americans have no right to be here. We will defeat them because we believe that…

— F. Sionil José

We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would…

— John Adams

“[I]t is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or of any number of men, at the entering into society…

— Samuel Adams

The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the…

— Calvin Coolidge

We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made for a…

— John Quincy Adams

The state (the U.S. Constitution) has not the right to leave every man free to profess and embrace whatever religion he may desire.

— Pope Pius IX

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.”

— Ken Buck

“It was the general opinion of ancient nations, that the divinity alone was adequate to the important office of giving laws to men... and…

— John Adams

“The rights of men, that is to say, the natural rights of mankind, are indeed sacred things; and if any public measure is proved…

— Edmund Burke

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

— John Adams