J. C. Watts Quotes

I don't think you'll ever hear me invoking God in anything I do.

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. All are free to practice faith or not, and those who believe are free and should be free, to speak of and act on their belief.

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.

Rather than seeking to stem the tide, our educators, politicians, and judges aid the advance of godlessness. This cannot continue if our children and grandchildren are to live in a country that still recognises God and upholds religious liberty.

I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.

To speak against religion (the Christian) is breaking down the bond of good government.

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man.

In America you have the right to worship any way you choose. That's why virtually every faith and every denomination on Earth has a presence in our land. You have a right to not believe in God at all.

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether.

I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals.

I don't think in terms of God.

I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.

I don't have a spiritual bone in my body; but what I am, is religious.

I don't think atheism means one does not believe in a spiritual life. I think it means one does not follow the tenets of the established religions.

I don't think you need religion.

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.

I'm not a religious person by any means. But I'm curious.

God knows, we don't want prayer.

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.

After Big Media, U.S. colleges and universities are the biggest enemies of the values of red-state Americans.

I was never religious.

The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.

I don't believe in God.

The Sword and its law have existed from the beginning of the world. The use of force can never prevent heresy.