"The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine."
--George Washinton

"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
--Thomas Jefferson

"I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Protestant church, nor by any other church that I know of. My mind is my own church."
--Thomas Paine

"I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature."
--Thomas Jefferson

"The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma."
--Abraham Lincoln

"Missionary evangelism is the height of cultural arrogance."
--Frank Zappa (I know, he's NOT a founder or leader of the U.S.A., but he is a famous dead guy, and damnit, he's right! )