Quotes about Church and state

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate. Votes: 5

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. Votes: 4

The divorce between church and state should be absolute. Votes: 3

Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between church and state. Votes: 3

But separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government. Votes: 3

The separation of Church and State in everything relating to taxation should be absolute. Votes: 3

I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state are absolute. Votes: 3

Declare church and state forever separate and distinct; but each free within their proper spheres. Votes: 3

Church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact - religion and politics should not be mingled. Votes: 3

I believe in the separation of church and state and would not use my authority to violate this principle in any way. Votes: 3

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law. Votes: 3

The Church, however, is a self-governing society, distinct from the State, having its officers and laws, and, therefore, an administrative government of its own. Votes: 3

We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are and must remain separate. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being. Votes: 3

I have never met a happy atheist. I believe in separation of church and state, but I think we have gone so far over in the other direction of separating church and state. Votes: 3

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death. Votes: 3

Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between Church and State, and that in my action as President of the United States I recognized no distinction of creeds in my appointments office. Votes: 3

The separation of church and state was meant to protect church from state; a state that declares religion off limits in public life is a state that declares itself supreme over all religious values. Votes: 3

Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question: why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly? Votes: 3

It can have a secular purpose and have a relationship to God because God was presumed to be both over the state and the church, and separation of church and state was never meant to separate God from government. Votes: 3

I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country. Votes: 3

I am tolerant of all creeds. Yet if any sect suffered itself to be used for political objects I would meet it by political opposition. In my view church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact. Religion and politics should not be mingled. Votes: 3

But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish religion, before his principles were departed from by those who professed to be his special servants, and perverted into an engine for enslaving mankind, and aggrandizing their oppressors in Church and State. Votes: 3

I hold that in this country there must be complete severance of Church and State; that public moneys shall not be used for the purpose of advancing any particular creed; and therefore that the public schools shall be nonsectarian and no public moneys appropriated for sectarian schools. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in any state or in the nation, should be exempt from equal taxation; for if you exempt the property of any church organization, to that extent you impose a tax upon the whole community. Votes: 3

Let us labor for the security of free thought, free speech, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal rights and privileges for all men, irrespective of nationality, color, or religion;.... leave the matter of religious teaching to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contribution. Keep church and state forever separate. Votes: 3

The tenet of the separation of church and state is an unconstitutional doctrine. Votes: 2

The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool. Votes: 2

It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state. Votes: 2

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. Votes: 2

Inequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state. Votes: 2

I don't know that the Libertarian Party has an official position on the separation of church and state. Votes: 2

Quite often you hear people say, 'What about separation of church and state?' There is no such thing. Votes: 2

I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution. Votes: 2

When Pat Robertson says there is no constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state, I say he is wrong. Votes: 2

When cerebral processes enter into sports, you start screwing up. It's like the Constitution, which says separate church and state. You have to separate mind and body. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches. Votes: 2

The Constitution separated the ideologies and values of the Church from the State, and leaders of the State were thus educated in matters pertaining to the State. These leaders proved themselves time after time with their pragmatic intellectual capacities. Votes: 2

There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's been a melding in their goals when it comes to the separation of church and state. I've always believed in the separation of church and state. Votes: 2

We have this idea in our minds that there's this separation of church and state in America, which I think is a good thing. And we extend that to our politics - not just church and state, but it's also there's a separation of religion and politics. But of course there isn't. Votes: 2

It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian 'wall of separation' between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. Votes: 2

A Church which has lost its memory is in a sad state of senility. Votes: 1

A state which which includes within itself a terrorized Church has lost its most faithful servant. Votes: 1

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state. Votes: 1

I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion. Votes: 1

The church must be reminded that it is not the master, or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. Votes: 1

The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model. Votes: 1

I talk about a Christianity that is enlightened enough to separate spirituality from the rest of life. Not just church and state, but knowledge and church. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

The adulterous connection between church and state... Votes: 0

Church and state are, and must remain, separate. Votes: 0

...the Church is the merciless heart of the State. Votes: 0

Blasphemy and sedition (meaning the truth about Church and State). Votes: 0

Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state? Votes: 0

There should be absolutely no 'Separation of Church and State' in America. Votes: 0

Separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government. Votes: 0

Anybody that believes in separation of church and state needs to leave right now. Votes: 0

The disconnection of Church and State was a master stroke for freedom and harmony. Votes: 0

The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool. Votes: 0

Do not allow the Church or State to govern your thought or dictate your judgment Votes: 0

The wall of separation between church and state is a metaphor based on bad history. Votes: 0

If nowhere else, in the relation between Church and State, "good fences make good neighbors. Votes: 0

Separation of Church and State is the perineum of America and the episiotomy didn't hold. Votes: 0

Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power. Votes: 0

Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society. Votes: 0

There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that sanctifies the separation of church and state. Votes: 0

Separation of church and state is the big club pulled out to beat back the Christians . Votes: 0

You're telling me that the separation of church and state is found in the First Amendment? Votes: 0

The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church Votes: 0

The union of Church and State is not to make the Church political, but the State religious. Votes: 0

The civil government ... functions with complete success ... by the total separation of the Church from the State. Votes: 0

The church, the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off. Votes: 0

I believe this notion of separation of church and state was the figment of some infidel's imagination. Votes: 0

If I might control the literature of the household, I would guarantee the well-being of Church and State. Votes: 0

In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable. Votes: 0

I believe in a wall between church and state so high that no one can climb over it. Votes: 0

You'll find God in the church of your choice, you'll find Woody Guthrie in the Brooklyn State Hospital. Votes: 0

Lord, there's danger in this land, you get witch hunts and wars when church and state hold hands. Votes: 0

The state authorities have no place in the church of God, no right to control and persecute the conscience. Votes: 0

No union exists between church and state, and perfect freedom of opinion is guaranteed to all sects and creeds. Votes: 0

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state Votes: 0

The election of John F Kennedy will lead to the death of a free church and a free state. Votes: 0

The opening of the first grammar school was the opening of the first trench against monopoly in Church and State. Votes: 0

Some people have a fear of rejecting all the security that comes with family, church and state. They become fundamentalists. Votes: 0

... demanding a separation between church and state isn't enough; the churches' basic doctrines must be changed, with homophobia written out forever. Votes: 0

[The notion of separating church and state with such policies as disallowing prayer in public schools] is a deception from Satan. Votes: 0

The union of church and state put the church under a political control... The church was thoroughly subordinated to the state. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as separation of church and state. It is merely a figment of the imagination of infidels. Votes: 0

That's why I believe in a Constitution which separates church from state. I've seen what happens when they get in cahoots. Votes: 0

Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning. Votes: 0

To hell with the Church when it becomes a State and the hell with the State when it becomes a Church. Votes: 0

We know that the Constitution wisely separates church from state, but remember: the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. Votes: 0

I think it's very important for people who are serving (in office) to make sure there's a separation of church and state. Votes: 0

Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly. Votes: 0

The reason we have to regulate . . . church schools is that . . . children that are not trained in state-controlled schools will not fit in. Votes: 0

Education is not a function of any church or even of a city or a state; it is a function of all mankind . Votes: 0

If the state - and within the state, the judiciary particularly - harasses and undermines the Church , in any society the state undoes itself. Votes: 0

It is the church's job, as Dr.[Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state. Votes: 0

For me, it's church and state, not church in state, and I really feel there are some churches in central Ohio crossing that line. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

What if the Church and the State Are the mob that howls at the door! Wine shall run thick to the end, Bread taste sour. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state? Votes: 0

The problem is efforts by liberals to establish a wall between religion and society, in the guise of maintaining the wall between church and state. Votes: 0

Thomas Jefferson declared, stating that he was speaking on behalf of the other founding fathers, ...(that) we should build a wall between the church and state. Votes: 0

The separation of state and church must be complemented by the separation of state and science, that most recent, most aggressive, and most dogmatic religious institution. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

What makes books - and with them writers - so dangerous that church and state, politburos and the mass media feel the need to oppose them? Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The right to religious freedom has its foundation, not in the church or society or the state, but in the very dignity of the human person. Votes: 0

When the church takes affairs of the state more seriously than they do Jesus, Pax Romana becomes its gospel and the president becomes the Son of God. Votes: 0

I'm not sure if the shame/guilt distinction resonates for me. I just know that shame is a debilitating emotion that is perpetuated by Church and State. Votes: 0

The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach. [Progressive] Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The voice of woman has been silenced in the state, the church, and the home, but man cannot fulfill his destiny alone, he cannot redeem his race unaided. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The state in the matter of drugs should not, any more than in the matter of sex, act as the secret agent for the agenda of the church. Votes: 0

Against the State, against the Church, against the silence of the medical profession, against the whole machinery of dead institutions of the past, the woman of today arises. Votes: 0

The Supreme Court's 1947 decision which introduced the wall of separation between church and state 'has fueled a movement to sterilize anything in American public life from religion.' Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization. It has kept mankind in slavery and oppression. The Church and the State have always fraternally united to exploit the people. Votes: 0

By the power invested in me by the state of New York and the Universal Life Church, I now pronounce you husband and husband. You can kiss the groom. Votes: 0

I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I agree with the idea that there is a separation of church and state. That teachers should not be leading prayer - a particular kind of prayer in classrooms. Votes: 0

Earlier in my political career, I had the opportunity to read the speech, and I almost threw up. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/post/santorum-says-he-almost-threw-up-after-reading-jfk-speech-on-separation-of-church-and-state/2012/02/26/gIQA91hubR_blog.html) Votes: 0

[The Drafters of the Constitution] were intent on avoiding more than 100 years of religious intolerance and persecution in American colonial history and an even longer heritage of church-state problems in Europe. Votes: 0