 | Thomas Jefferson - 1905 - 328 strani
...government extend to jsuch 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...testimony in a court of justice cannot be relied on, reject it then, and be the stigma on him. Constraint may make him worse by making him a hypocrite,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1907 - 196 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...testimony in a court of justice cannot be relied on, reject it then, and be the stigma on him. Constraint may make him worse, by making him a hypocrite,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1907
...to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to saythere are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.'' THE RAGE FOR TALKING 341 to indulge in his desperate opinions, without exciting one other emotion than... | |
 | Florida State Bar Association - 1922
...to such acts only as are injurious to others. But 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. It might be said his testimony in a court of justice cannot be relied on. Reject it then, and be the... | |
 | University of Maine at Orono - 1924
...p. 7) These lines refer to a passage in the Notes on Virginia : It does me no injury for my neighbor to say, there are twenty Gods, or no God; it neither...testimony in a court of justice cannot be relied on, reject it then, and be the stigma on him. Other evidence produced is the sentence of "good enough"... | |
 | Frederick Joseph Kinsman - 1924 - 250 strani
...attitude of impartiality based on indifference and skepticism. "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." Legs and pockets being safe, he could regard with equanimity not only the many forms of Christianity,... | |
 | Frederick Clarke Prescott, John Herbert Nelson - 1925 - 266 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...testimony in a court of justice cannot be relied on, reject it then, and be the stigma on him. Constraint may make him worse by making him a hypocrite,... | |
 | 1872
...says, is something with which government has nothing to do. " 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." Constraint makes hypocrites, not converts. A government is no more competent to prescribe beliefs than... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson - 1934 - 422 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...testimony in a court of justice cannot be relied on, reject it then, and be the stigma on him. Constraint may make him worse by making him a hypocrite,... | |
 | Kermit L. Hall - 2001 - 788 strani
...harm: "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there...or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."1'6 On this rationale, Jefferson espoused a strict distinction between belief, which should be... | |
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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. 
