 | Peter Augustine Lawler - 2004 - 208 strani
...Mansfield (1991, esp. 101-14). 7. In his Notes on the State of Virginia, Jefferson famously argues "[T]he legitimate powers of government extend to such...injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god." (Jefferson [1975] 1977, 210). 8. Robert Kraynak... | |
 | David M. Ricci - 2004 - 326 strani
...else?84 Jefferson put the matter even more bluntly. "The legitimate powers of government," he said, "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."85... | |
 | Joy Hakim - 2003 - 438 strani
...worship, as they wished. And religion would have nothing to do with citizenship or public service. "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others," Jefferson wrote. "But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god.... | |
 | Barbara Allen - 2005 - 418 strani
...public office. The offending lines read: "The rights of conscience we never submitted [to human rule], we could not submit. We are answerable for them to...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."96... | |
 | James H. Hutson - 2009 - 288 strani
...Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom," 1777. Ibid., 2:545^16. But our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted...not submit. We are answerable for them to our God. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction... | |
 | Richard T. Hughes - 2005 - 196 strani
...Reverend John M. Mason discovered in 1800 that Jefferson's Notes on Virginia contained the assertion that "the legitimate powers of government extend to such...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." To... | |
 | Donald Kirchinger - 2005 - 222 strani
...imprisoned without evidence, and that they are innocent until proven guilty. 24) Laws that Initiate Force. "The legitimate powers of government extend to such...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." -... | |
 | Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - 2005 - 270 strani
...to freedom of conscience, had a divine source. But Jefferson is also famous for his statement that "the legitimate powers of government extend to such...acts only as are injurious to others. But it does no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god." Here the atheist is to be tolerated... | |
 | Alf J. Mapp - 2003 - 196 strani
...opinions in physics and geometry. . . . The legitimate powers of government extend only to such acts 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." Jefferson... | |
 | Kenneth D. Wald, Allison Calhoun-Brown - 2007 - 470 strani
...Society" (Davis 2000, 301). In his Notes on the State of Virginia, Jefferson made the point very clearly: The legitimate powers of government extend to such...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. If... | |
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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. 
