Roy Moore Quotes

It can have a secular purpose and have a relationship to God because God was presumed to be both over the state and the church, and separation of church and state was never meant to separate God from government.

I feel that I'm sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Alabama, and those constitutions are founded upon a fundamental belief in God ... my display of the Ten Commandments and prayer before sessions are simply acknowledgments of God.

It is altogether proper for people to recognize a sovereign God.

But I have made no plans to run for any office right now.

To restore morality we must first recognize the source from which all morality springs. From our earliest history in 1776 when we were declared to be the United States of America, our forefathers recognized the sovereignty of God.

The time has come to recover the valiant courage of our forefathers, who understood that faith and freedom are inseparable, and that they are worth fighting for.

The forefathers, including James Madison, felt very strongly that the duties that we owe to God were outside of government's prerogative, that government had no business interfering with the way we worship God.

It would bother me if a judge told me how I had to believe.

No, I think that we've got a basic discrepancy here between the rule of law versus the rule of man.

Power's not what the Constitution was about.

Anytime you deny the acknowledgement of God you are undermining the entire basis for which our country exists.

Rights come from God, not from government.

I was asked three times directly in the hearing before the board of the judiciary whether or not I would continue to acknowledge God if I were to resume my position as chief justice. And I said I would.

The First Amendment to the Constitution reflects that concept recognized in the Ten Commandments, that the duties we owe to God and the manner of discharging those duties are outside the purview of government.

Indeed, the acknowledgement of God is not synonymous with religion.

All the Ten Commandments and prayer is an acknowledgement of the Almighty God. We will not back down from that.

Well, I think that we have to continue to fight for what we believe.

The free exercise clause of the constitution does not apply to any religion but Christianity. [because none of the other religions are legitimate religions.].

Well, that's the - the removal from office and removal of the Ten Commandments were two different issues.

The point is that knowledge of God is not prohibited under the First Amendment.

God has chosen this time and this place so we can save our country and save our courts for our children

I know Dr. Kennedy and I know Coral Ridge Ministries. I have no connection.

But today, government is taking those rights from us, pretending that it gives us our rights. Indeed, those rights come from God, and it was recognized throughout our history as such.

And government's only role is to secure our rights for us.

I consider it my duty to acknowledge God. To take down the Ten Commandments and to stop holding prayer would be a violation of that duty. I will not take down the Ten Commandments and I will not stop holding prayer.

The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power.

But in the long term, I think it is improper to limit your future.