Roy Moore Quotes (53 Quotes)

And indeed, it is the right of the states to acknowledge God, as it is the right of the federal government to acknowledge its source of power.

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

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

I don't stand for changing our Constitution.

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

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

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.

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.

You could be getting 30 to 50 more a head.

The Ten Commandments are the divinely revealed law.

But 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,

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

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.

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.

Rights come from God, not from government.

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

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

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

I would say that there's not much difference these days between those who run under one party or another because they're all after seeking power.

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

Also, in a deeper sense, the Ten Commandments are the basis of our freedom of conscience, which flows from the first table of the law.

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

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,

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

This is a vibrant campaign.

presents a clear choice for the future. We must return Alabama to the people and take away power from the special interests that continue to control the state.

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

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

The Constitution was about a limitation on power.

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.

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

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.

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

I think it was an attempt to control the election.

Power's not what the Constitution was about.

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,

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

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

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

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,

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.

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.

To do my duty, I must obey God.

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.

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

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

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

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

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