Quotes About Religious freedom

We do not want to live in a theocracy. We should maintain that barrier and government has no business telling someone what they ought to believe or how they should conduct their private lives.

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

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

While just government protects all in their religious rites, true religion affords government its surest support.

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.

Government has no Right to hurt a hair of the head of an Atheist, for his Opinions. Let him have a care of his Practices.

I consider the government of the U.S. as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises.

I esteem it above all things necessary to distinguish exactly the business of civil government from that of religion and to settle the just bounds that lie between the one and the other.

No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.

Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious entities to abandon their beliefs.

It's up to me to promote my faith and somebody else to promote theirs. Let the government just protect our right to do so.

I feel like I am not an American in the eyes of my government because of their religious beliefs. I think that is un-American.

Defend the church. Defend the family. Defend the non-profit community. Defend them against a government that wants to weaken them.

To increase aid to the Pakistan government when religious freedom is not upheld is tantamount to an anti-Christian foreign policy.

I choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat.

Americans acknowledge that liberty is a gift of God, not an indulgence of government.

The way liberals are interpreting the First Amendment today is that it prevents anyone who is religious from being in government.

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

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government.

The "wall of separation between church and State" is a metaphor based on bad history.

Besides my religious commitment, the greatest single factor that has enabled me to pursue my business and political objectives has been the security and freedom of my home.

Those who hope to nurture genuine religiosity should first establish liberty.

Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces.

Our new faith-based laws have removed government as a roadblock to people of faith who hear the call.