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“The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant.”

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Author:Sherrod Brown

“I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority in office. I don't think the President of the United States should extoll Christianity if he happens to be a Christian at the expense of Judaism, Islam or other faiths.”

“Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation.”

Source: The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)

“Every one must act according to the dictates of his own reason, and mine tells me that civil powers alone have been given to the President of the United States, and no authority to direct the religious exercises of his constituents.”

Has Beens States Reason Religion Given President Religious United United States Atheism Mines Exercise Authority Direct Constituents Founding Fathers Atheist

Book:Memoirs, 4: Correspondence and Private Papers

Source: Memoirs, 4: Correspondence and Private Papers