“The Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.” The Treaty of Tripoli — John Adams, 1797

“In this enlightened Age and in this Land of equal liberty it is our boast, that a man’s religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws.” George Washington, 1793

“The civil government functions with complete success by the total separation of the Church from the State.” James Madison, 1813

“Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.” Thomas Jefferson, 1814