Quotes About Religion

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.

A just government has no need for the clergy or the church.

Those who deny the existence of a supreme being have been turned into second-class citizens by a government that continuously sends messages that 'real Americans' believe in God.

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.

If I could have my way I would place the Deity on half-pay as the Government of this Country did the subaltern officers.

Atheistic secular humanists should be removed from office and Christians should be elected...Government and true Christianity are inseparable.

But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.

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

I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.

You know what the fastest growing religion in America is? Statism. The growing reliance on government.

If the Church is not now as bad as the Soviet Government, that is due to the influence of those who attacked the Church

If God is sovereign, then it is impossible for civil government to be neutral on issues of law. All law is based in some religious code.

Separation prevents the government from determining church policy, whether directly or indirectly.

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

The state, frankly, could care less. Historically, the state has been able to use any religious point of view for its own ends. . . . The examples of government misusing religion are endless.

The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesn't say keep religion out of government.

I believe that a government has only one religion - India first. A government has only one holy book - our Constitution. A government has only one kind of devotion - towards nation.

Sadly, in the highest levels of economic thought in government, questions are not tolerated. It is as if we're dealing with the binary thinking of a fundamentalist religion.

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

If I were president of the United States, I would include Moslems in my presidency.

First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

Hanifs (Muslims) are stumbling, Christians all astray Jews wildered, Magians far on error's way. We mortals are composed of two great schools Enlightened knaves or else religious fools.