Abandoned Quote by William Rehnquist

The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history.

— William Rehnquist

The contemporary quarrel over church and state is not really about whether a wall of separation of church and state should exist or not...…

— James Davison Hunter

Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society.

— Thomas Jefferson

It is the wall of separation between church and state . . . that is largely responsible for religion thriving in this country, as…

— Alan Dershowitz

The separation of church and state was meant to protect church from state; a state that declares religion off limits in public life is…

— Ben Shapiro

Quite often you hear people say, 'What about separation of church and state?' There is no such thing.

— Dan Severson

“The phrase ‘separation of church and state,’ which appears in no founding document (only in a letter written by Thomas Jefferson), means that America…

— Dennis Prager

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

The separation of state and church must be complemented by the separation of state and science, that most recent, most aggressive, and most dogmatic…

— Anonymous

Church and state are, and must remain, separate.

— Ronald Reagan

the separation of church and state grew out of a desire, not so much to protect government from religion, but to protect religion from…

— Anna Quindlen

There is no such thing as separation of church and state. It is merely a figment of the imagination of infidels.

— W. A. Criswell