“America wasn't founded as a theocracy. America was founded by people trying to escape theocracies. Never in history have we had a Christian theocracy where it wasn't bloody and barbaric. That's why our Constitution wisely put in a separation of church and state.” PeopleTryingStatesChristianAmericaReligionChurchAtheismConstitutionSeparationBloodyChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateBarbaricTheocracy Author:Gregory A. Boyd
“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act. I do not speak for my church on public matters - and the church does not speak for me.” ShouldBelieveDoeMatterStatesAmericaSpeakI BelievePresidentChurchAbsolutesCatholicI Believe InSeparationChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateSeparation Between Church And State Author:John F. Kennedy
“The English Puritans pulled down church and state to rebuild Zion on the ruins, and all the while it was not Zion, but America, they were building.” StatesAmericaChurchBuildingRuinsChurch And StatePuritanZion Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)
“It might be said that religious freedom in the American sense, incorporating the separation of church and state, has been the pivotal concept of the national development of the United States of America.” Has BeensSaidStatesMightAmericaChurchReligiousUnitedUnited StatesAtheismDevelopmentConceptsPositive AtheismSeparationUnited States Of AmericaChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateReligious FreedomPivotalIncorporating Author:Joseph Leon Blau
“I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America.” StatesRunningAmericaPresidentChurchUnitedUnited StatesAtheismConstitutionPositive AtheismSeparationUnited States Of AmericaStrictChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And State Author:John F. Kerry
“The establishment of religious freedom was no less momentous an achievement than the clearing of the great forest or the winning of independence, for the twin doctrines of separation of church and state and liberty of individual conscience are the marrow of our democracy, if not indeed America's most magnificent contribution to the freeing of Western man.” IfsMenStatesAmericaWinningIndividualChurchReligiousLibertyDemocracyAtheismAchievementConscienceIndependenceWesternPositive AtheismSeparationForestsDoctrineContributionEstablishmentTwinsMagnificentChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateReligious FreedomClearingMarrow Author:Clinton Rossiter
“I questioned the faithful of all communions; I particularly sought the society of clergymen, who are the depositories of the various creeds and have a personal interest in their survival ... all thought the main reason for the quiet sway of religion over their country was the complete separation of church and state. I have no hesitation in stating that throughout my stay in America I met nobody, lay or cleric, who did not agree about that.” CountryStatesReasonAmericaInterestChurchAtheismMetsQuietSurvivalAgreeLaysVariousPositive AtheismSeparationFaithfulCreedsCommunionChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateHesitationClergymenPersonal Interest Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“I have sworn upon the altar of god.” GovernmentAmericaReligionReligiousLibertyChristianityLibertarianTyrannyAmerican HistorySkepticismHostilityAltarsChurch And StateFreedom And LibertySeparation Of Church And StateFreedom LibertyOur Founding FathersProperty RightsLimited GovernmentFounding Fathers ChristianUs Founding FathersClergyForefathersFounding Fathers ReligionSeparation Between Church And StateIndividual LibertyFounding Fathers ReligiousAmerican GovernmentReligion GodFree GovernmentLimiting GovernmentRights And FreedomsFounding Fathers Anti ReligionFounding Fathers Of AmericaAmerican Founding FathersFounding Fathers AtheistDeismLimited FreedomChristianity From Founding FathersGreat PatrioticReligion ChristianFaith ReligionPrice Of FreedomRevolution Founding FathersLimiting FreedomGovernment And SocietyChristian GodDeistThinking GodPatriotic GunLiberty Tree Author:Thomas Jefferson
“And I strongly support the faith-based initiative that we're proposing, because I don't believe it violates the line between the separation of church and state, and I believe it's going to make America a better place.” BelieveStatesHumorAmericaPoliticalI BelieveChurchLinesSupportDon't BelieveSeparationInitiativeBetter PlaceChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StatePolitical HumorFaith Based Author:George W. Bush
“Let them all believe whatever they want. It is pointless to go on radio shows and wrangle over mystical claims. However, such claims must not be imposed on captive children in government-owned schools. That is prohibited by the separation of church and state, a core principle in the First Amendment in America's Bill of Rights.” WantFirstsBelieveChildrenStatesShowsGovernmentSchoolAmericaChurchPrinciplesRightsAtheismGoes OnClaimsBillsRadioCoreSeparationAmendmentsMysticalFirst AmendmentChurch And StatePointlessSeparation Of Church And StateCaptivesBill Of Rights Author:James A. Haught