George W. Bush Quotes About Church

• I fully understand it's important to maintain the separation of church and state. We don't want the state to become the church, nor do we want the church to become the state.

  George W. Bush

  Faith, Important, Church

• There's a way to accomplish the separation of church and state and at the same time accomplish the social objective of having America become a hopeful place and loving place.

  George W. Bush

  Faith, America, Hopeful

  "Bush Renews Faith-Based Agenda Push". www.foxnews.com. June 01, 2004.

• I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Texas, Bridges

  "The Bush Presidency: Bush Discusses National Energy Policy". President Bush meeting with Senator Charles Grassley and Congressman Bill Thomas on an energy policy, www.cnn.com. January 29, 2001.

• And I strongly support the faith-based initiative that we're proposing, because I don't believe it violates the line between the separation of church and state, and I believe it's going to make America a better place.

  George W. Bush

  Believe, Humor, America

  White House News Conference, www.nytimes.com. February 23, 2001.

• And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer. Church and charity, synagogue and mosque, lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and laws.

  George W. Bush

  Hurt, Prayer, Humor

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 2001

• Baptists have long upheld the ideal of a free church in a free state. And from the beginning, they believed that forcing a person to worship against his will violated the principles of both Christianity and civility.

  George W. Bush

  Long, Church, Atheism

• I'm mindful in a free society that people can worship if they want to or not. You're equally an American if you choose to worship an almighty and if you choose not to.

  George W. Bush

  People, Presidential, Atheism

  Third Presidential Debate, www.washingtonpost.com. October 13, 2004.

• Americans practice different faiths in churches, synagogues, mosques and temples. And many good people practice no faith at all.

  George W. Bush

  Practice, People, Religion

  "The Inaugural Redux" by Hendrik Hertzberg, www.newyorker.com. February 2, 2009.

• I think it's very important for people who are serving (in office) to make sure there's a separation of church and state.

  George W. Bush

  Thinking, People, Office

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