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We will be a better country when each religious group can trust its members to obey the dictates of their own religious faith
without assistance from the legal structure of their country.
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When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.
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I tell them I have worked 40 years to make the W.S. platform broad enough for Atheists and Agnostics to stand upon, and now
if need be I will fight the next 40 to keep it Catholic enough to permit the straightest Orthodox religionist to speak or
pray and count her beads upon.
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Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom
has inspired.
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Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that
religion has no place in public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only
alternatives.
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Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other
for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate
with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation
between Church and State.
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No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.
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Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others.
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We are different from previous generations of conservatives. We are no longer working to preserve the status quo. We are
radicals, working to overturn the present power structure of this country.
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Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other religions, may establish
with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other sects?
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The United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. When an individual, in the Church or out of it, becomes
dangerous to the public interest he must be checked.
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... I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen,
and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.
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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my
neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg.
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People place their hand on the Bible and swear to uphold the Constitution. They don't put their hand on the Constitution and
swear to uphold the Bible.
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There are two visions of America. One precedes our founding fathers and finds its roots in the harshness of our puritan past.
It is very suspicious of freedom, uncomfortable with diversity, hostile to science, unfriendly to reason, contemptuous of
personal autonomy. It sees America as a religious nation. It views patriotism as allegiance to God. It secretly adores
coercion and conformity. Despite our constitution, despite the legacy of the Enlightenment, it appeals to millions of
Americans and threatens our freedom.
The other vision finds its roots in the spirit of our founding revolution and in the leaders of this nation who embraced the
age of reason. It loves freedom, encourages diversity, embraces science and affirms the dignity and rights of every
individual. It sees America as a moral nation, neither completely religious nor completely secular. It defines patriotism as
love of country and of the people who make it strong. It defends all citizens against unjust coercion an...
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Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private
contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.
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Indeed, the Founders mentioned the pagan authors in so many heartfelt speeches, pamphlets and letters that today's sweeping
references to America's "Christian" roots and "Judeo-Christian heritage" ought to be amended. Maybe these terms should be
reserved to explain the traditional religions and morality of individuals, families, congregations, small communities.
Politically, our notions of virtue and vice have had another genesis.
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