Irving Kristol Quotes

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.

It is the wall of separation between church and state . . . that is largely responsible for religion thriving in this country, as compared to those European countries in which church and state have been united, resulting in opposition to the church by those who disapprove of the government.

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

Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether.

There's a reason we seperate Church and State. The reason for the richness and the diversity of religion in this nation is because of the seperation of Church and State, and there are people out there who can't wait to make this nation a nation of one religion... THEIR religion.

It's time to resist efforts of the American Civil Liberties Union who have conducted a religious lobotomy on this country, seeking to strip it of any vestige of religious influence.

I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution. By my office - and by personal conviction - I am sworn to uphold that tradition.

Freedom of religion has been replaced by freedom from religion.

The divorce between church and state should be absolute.

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

I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute.

Freedom is won by relegating religion to a purely private sphere remote from the body politic. In fact, the establishment of a free society is predicated on the idea that religion must be surgically removed from culture.

Under the First Amendment's prohibition of the establishment of religion, the Court has steadily made religion a matter for the private individual by driving it out of the public arena.

To the ACLU, the First Amendment speaks more directly to freedom from religion than it does to freedom of religion.

No religious doctrine shall be established by law.

Our culture's tolerance wears thin when religion intrudes on the public discourse... Our schools, courtrooms, and libraries set the tone for the entire society. The message they currently communicate is harsh and unambiguous: religion is offensive and should be kept out of public view.

US is a very religious country. Separation of church and state is part of our credo, but that it is hard to understand since our money says "In God we trust" and every President says "God bless America".

I believe that religion should be totally separated from the state. That's not the way it is today, not even in Sweden.

There is little doubt that religious liberty is best exercised within the setting of the secular state.

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

We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be opposed to it. I do not want civil power combined with religious power.

There is not a shadow of right in the general government to intermeddle with religion

Religious freedom must include the right to influence public policy within the bounds of liberal norms.

Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than on opinions in physics or geometry.

I believe in the separation of church and state... We all have our own religious beliefs. There are people out there who are atheists, who don't believe at all... They are all citizens of Minnesota and I have to respect that.