 | Garry Wills - 2007 - 646 strani
...different reasons and with very different effect. Jefferson said: "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."23 And Williams said: "A false religion and worship will not hurt the civil state, in case the... | |
 | Thomas Szasz - 2011 - 293 strani
...government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But 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."6 It also does me no injury for my neighbor to say that he is God or that God is talking to him.7... | |
 | Michael Thompson - 2007 - 312 strani
...extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. It does me no injury for my neighbor to say that there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."6 Thus began the debate in the United States over the proper role of religion in government. Though... | |
 | Kevin Raeder Gutzman - 2007 - 256 strani
..."religious slavery." No polity needed popular religiosity. "It matters not whether my neighbor believes in twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." He looked to indoctrination in Jeffersonian principles ("education") to inculcate morals as religion... | |
 | David Tucker - 2008 - 182 strani
...government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But 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 (159). The first argument for a right of conscience rests on a revelation, on an assertion about what... | |
 | R. D. Gold - 2008 - 290 strani
...Thomas Jefferson summed it all up very well when he wrote that "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."1 For me, the choice between the personal freedom embodied in Western democratic values and the... | |
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The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But 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. 
