Separation Of Church And State Quotes

Separation Of Church And State Quote of the day

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.

By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.

How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.

It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state.

The Constitution does not require complete separation of church and state; it affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions, and forbids hostility toward any.

The separation of church and state has been a cornerstone of American democracy for over two hundred years. Getting rid of it was long overdue.

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

Separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.

I believe this notion of separation of church and state was the figment of some infidel's imagination.

I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church.

A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal when it asserts that god prefers some

Some people prefer not to commingle the functional, lambda-calculus part of a language with the parts that do side effects. It seems they believe in the separation of Church and state.

Separation of Church and State is the perineum of America and the episiotomy didn't hold.

The current version of... separation of church and state says you can be salt, and you can be light, but only inside the four walls of the church.

There should be absolutely no 'Separation of Church and State' in America.

I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.

I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic values, and for many of us, our religious values.

The separation of Church and State in everything relating to taxation should be absolute.

We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the state, and vice versa.

I believe in the separation of church and state and would not use my authority to violate this principle in any way.

I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an Atheist. We have separation of church and state in the United States of America.

Separation of church and state is the big club pulled out to beat back the Christians .

The liberal understanding of 'the separation of church and state' means that as the area of politics expands, the area of private freedom - religious and otherwise - shrinks.

In the case Stone v. Graham, the Supreme Court ruled that - under 'separation of church and state' - it was unconstitutional for a student in school to even see a copy of the Ten Commandments.

By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion... .

I... [am] convinced [man] has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.

I strongly believe in the separation of church and state. But freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion, there is a better way.

Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?

The contemporary quarrel over church and state is not really about whether a wall of separation of church and state should exist or not... The real question is what does 'separation' mean?

I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion.

Anybody that believes in separation of church and state needs to leave right now.

I fully understand it's important to maintain the separation of church and state. We don't want the state to become the church, nor do we want the church to become the state.

I think it's very important for people who are serving (in office) to make sure there's a separation of church and state.

Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.

There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that sanctifies the separation of church and state.

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

The ACLU sees the separation of church and state as so absolute that not a single religious word must be allowed to pass a schoolhouse door.

You're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment?

When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong.

I don't know that the Libertarian Party has an official position on the separation of church and state.

There's a way to accomplish the separation of church and state and at the same time accomplish the social objective of having America become a hopeful place and loving place.

Religion mustn't interfere with the state - so one of the basic Democratic principles as we know it in America is the separation of church and state.

Alongside my own deep personal faith, I am a follower, as well, of our civic religion. I am a big believer in the separation of church and state.

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 with the religious prophet.

Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person's right to religious freedom, as well as the separation of church and state.

Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for cent

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.