Quotes about Government
The reason that Christianity is the best friend of government is because Christianity is the only religion that changes the heart.
— Thomas Jefferson
The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion.
— James Buchanan
Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion.
— John Adams
The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.
— George Washington
Civil officials have no business meddling in private religious affairs.
— Thomas Jefferson
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.
— Jimmy Carter
[O]ur rules can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We are answerable for them to our God.
— Thomas Jefferson
The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of the law for the virtues of men.
— Calvin Coolidge
As a result, socialism and communism, in particular, use government to suppress religion to such a degree as to leave the one true God out entirely.
— Tony Evans
Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive
— Ronald Reagan
The settled opinion here is that religion is essentially distinct from Civil Govt. and exempt from its cognizance; that a connection between them is injurious to both.
— James Madison
I think those governments who resent religion, they're afraid of religion because religion may be in their eyes, in their views be seen as a counter government or a parallel government.
— Elie Wiesel