Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute -- where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishoners for whom to vote -- where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference -- and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.” ~ John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) 35th US PresidentSource: address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association