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Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. senator, and the 85th Governor of Connecticut. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 1980. He was known as a Rockefeller Republican in Congress, causing conservative-leaning Republicans to endorse his opponent Joe Lieberman, a New Democrat, in the 1988 Senate election which he subsequently lost. Weicker later left the Republican Party, and became one of the few third-party candidates to be elected to a state governorship in the United States in recent years, doing so on the ticket of A Connecticut Party.

American - Politician | Born: May 16, 1931

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The United States is not a Christian nation. It is a great nation with Christians, among others, in it. But our greatness is based on the fact that there is no official religion.

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

History makes the point time and time again No greater mischief can be created than to merge the power of religion with the power of government.

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

That wall, embodied in the First Amendment, is perhaps America's most important contribution to political progress on this planet.

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

The time has come to knock off this religion business in American politics. There's no end to the mischief that can occur. It is like putting nitroglycerine in a Waring blender.

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

I've always been a big supporter of the Constitutional right of the people to peaceably assemble and petition government for redress of grievances. It's just that I never envisioned it taking the form of thousands of people screaming 'you asshole!' at me.

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

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