Quotes about Church and state

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If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under. — Ronald Reagan
The liberty of man is not safe in the hands of any church. Wherever the Bible and sword are in partnership, man is a sla — Robert G. Ingersoll, Some Mistakes of Moses
People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang a — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. — Robert A. Heinlein
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. — George Washington
How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape. — Christopher Hitchens
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked — James Madison
I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the — John F. Kennedy
Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: why woul — Sandra Day O'Connor
Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions est — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
When the government puts its imprimatur on a particular religion it conveys a message of exclusion to all those who do n — Harry A. Blackmun
The prince's official job description as king will be 'defender of the faith,' which currently means the state-financed — Christopher Hitchens
It's a curious thing in American life that the most abject nonsense will be excused if the utterer can claim the sanctio — Christopher Hitchens, Prepared for the Worst: Selected Essays and Minority Reports
For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has been, an — John F. Kennedy
So here we have found a means of a) alienating even the most flexible and patient Palestinians; while b) frustrating the — Christopher Hitchens
The fundamental basis of this nation’s laws was given to Moses on the Mount…If we don’t have a proper fundamental moral — Harry Truman
The anti-life of [Jerry Falwell] proves only one thing: that you can get away with the most extraordinary offenses to mo — Christopher Hitchens
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked — James Madison
I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the — John F. Kennedy