James Gibbons Quotes

GIBBONS, James Quotes

(1834-1921), American Cardinal

Church

American Catholics rejoice in our separation of Church and State; and I can conceive no combination of circumstances likely to arise which should make a union desirable either to Church or State.

Freedom

There must be no tampering with the delicate machinery by which religious liberty and equality are secured, and no fostering of any spirit which would tend to destroy that machinery.