Roy Moore Quotations

But separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.

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

The Ten Commandments are the divinely revealed law.

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

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.

The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis of the federalist system was that there was not one sovereign centralized power from which all authority flows.

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

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.

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

If God gives you rights, no man and no government can take them away from you.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

They don't want to be reminded that there is an authority higher than the authority of the state.

If government can give you rights, government can take them away from you.

The Constitution was about a limitation on power.

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

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

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

The Church's role should be separated from the state's role.

They might object to some of my opinions, but they don't object to my behavior as a judge.

What happens when government puts itself above God? ... Amen.

Throughout recorded history, brave men have been called on to stand take a stand--sometimes for country, sometimes for family, sometimes for the Lord above. Roy Moore is such a man.

One of the problems is sometimes you spend too much time writing needless opinions that don't really alter anything one way or another.

I don't have a solution right now. I haven't studied that.

I can't predict the future, but I can tell you that people are very upset over the past actions of state officials, to include the governor and justices of the Supreme Court, who have chosen to blindly follow a federal court order to remove the acknowledgment of God from Alabama,

He has so much experience. He's done an outstanding job in all of his leadership experiences, he'll be an exceptional trustee.

We must defend our rights and preserve our constitution, ... For the federal courts to adopt the agenda of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and to remove the knowledge of God and morality from our lives is wrong.

It is a crucial time to run for office when rights and liberties are being eroded, taxes climb, the education of our children declines and morality erodes while judges tell children they cannot pray,

I think it was an attempt to control the election.

It is a sad day in our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from public view to appease a federal judge,

Republican voters feel betrayed by the chairman of our party who is clearly using her position to favor a particular candidate in the June primary.

We're all anxious. We want to get out there and help them. People can survive for up to four days without water.

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

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

To do my duty, I must obey God.

This way you clear off your debt and just have operating expenses for the ranch. No more interest payments.

I stand before the Court of the Judiciary because I've done my oath. I've kept my oath. I have acknowledged God as the moral foundation of our law,

The thing about Rick was everything he did, he did well and with a smile.

That's why I decided to draft this book. So you can understand.

This is an opportunity to (put his experience to work) on a university-wide position where you can create change at the entire university.

The No. 1 problem in our state is special interests.

This is clearly an endorsement of my opponent using her position as chairman.

Christians in our country no longer understand the relevance of acknowledging God anymore.

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.

I don't think he's backed off the differential salaries, because he is allotting an extra catch-up, delaying the catch-up until January. There is a reduction in the delayed pool for faculty catch-up, but it'll still be a substantial increase.

I believe that God is leading me to uphold the laws in Alabama and guide its policies,

He pretends to be a conservative, but I don't find any of his actions to be consistent with conservative values.

You could be getting $30 to $50 more a head.

Acknowledgment of God is not now, or ever has been, a violation of the US constitution.

Separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.

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

We may have failed to teach our children right from wrong, but we've done a great job of teaching self-esteem!

I must acknowledge God. It says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It says so in the First Amendment of the Constitution.

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

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.

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.

If you're here tonight to support me, you shouldn't be here. This is not about me. This is about something far more important. It transcends race, it transcends politics, it transcends gender. This is about the laws of God.

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.

We've voted in a government that's rotting at the core, Appointing Godless Judges who throw reason out the door, Too soft to place a killer in a well deserved tomb, But brave enough to kill a baby before he leaves the womb.

Worship With Your Vote.

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.

That's not the federal law. What you're confusing is law with the opinion of a justice, what one lone federal judge says is not law.

Power's not what the Constitution was about.

If they want to get [my statue of] the Commandments, they're going to have to get me first.

The monument serves to remind the appellate courts and judges of the circuit and district courts of this state and members of the bar who appear before them as well as the people of Alabama who visit the Alabama Judicial Building of the truth stated in the preamble of the Alabama Constitution, that in order to establish justice we must invoke the favor and guidance of Almighty God.

Without God there would be no freedom to believe what you want.

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