Committed Quote by Tom C. Clark

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

The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.

— John Paul Stevens

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

“Government in our democracy, state and national, must be neutral in matters of religious theory, doctrine, and practice. It may not be hostile to…

— Abe Fortas

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

If a State refused to let religious groups use facilities open to others, then it would demonstrate not neutrality but hostility toward religion.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

The trouble is that neutrality is confused with hostility. We're not disrupting churches, or interrupting people's prayers. We're not fighting religion.

— Dan Barker

By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world…

— Barry Goldwater

The U.S. is off the spectrum in religious commitment.

— Noam Chomsky

The very aspect of religions that many of their critics most fear - that the religiously devout, in the name of their faith, take…

— Stephen L. Carter

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

“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