{"author":"Roy Moore","author_id":"Roy+Moore","total_quotes":16,"quotes":[{"text":"Indeed, the acknowledgement of God is not synonymous with religion.","author":"Roy Moore","tags":["god","acknowledgement","indeed "],"id":15580,"author_id":"Roy+Moore"},{"text":"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.","author":"Roy Moore","tags":["constitution","ity "],"id":26675,"author_id":"Roy+Moore"},{"text":"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.","author":"Roy Moore","tags":["god","government","way "],"id":66831,"author_id":"Roy+Moore"},{"text":"Power's not what the Constitution was about.","author":"Roy Moore","tags":["constitution","about "],"id":117167,"author_id":"Roy+Moore"},{"text":"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.","author":"Roy Moore","tags":["today","god","government "],"id":123198,"author_id":"Roy+Moore"},{"text":"But separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.","author":"Roy Moore","tags":["government","church","never "],"id":127195,"author_id":"Roy+Moore"},{"text":"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.","author":"Roy Moore","tags":["man","constitution","system "],"id":134450,"author_id":"Roy+Moore"},{"text":"The point is that knowledge of God is not prohibited under the First Amendment.","author":"Roy Moore","tags":["knowledge","first amendment "],"id":154709,"author_id":"Roy+Moore"},{"text":"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.","author":"Roy Moore","tags":["government","constitution "],"id":189624,"author_id":"Roy+Moore"},{"text":"The Constitution was about a limitation on power.","author":"Roy Moore","tags":["constitution","limitation "],"id":215387,"author_id":"Roy+Moore"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":16,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}