 | 1842
...the acts of the bod}-, are subject to the coercion of the laws. But our rulers can have no authority over such natural rights, only as we have submitted...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. Constraint... | |
 | South Carolina. Court of Appeals, James Albert Strobhart - 1848
...agree with Mr. Jefferson, in his notes on Virginia, 235, " our rulers can have authority over snch natural rights only as we have submitted to them. The rights of conscience we never submitted, we never could submit. We are answerable for them to our Cod." But I should hesitate long in pushing the... | |
 | J. M. MATHEWS, D. D. - 1851
...these holy subjects. For I agree with Mr. Jefferson, (Notes on Va. 235,) 'Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted...them. The rights of conscience we never submitted, we never could submit. We are answerable for them to our God ! ' But I should hesitate long in pushing... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854
...the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws. But our rulers can have no authority over such natural rights, only as we have submitted...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... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854
...the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws. But our rulers can have no authority over such natural rights, only as we have submitted...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... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858
...the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws. But our rulers can have no authority over such natural rights, only as we have submitted...conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We arc answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to inch acts only an... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858
...the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion of the laws. But our rulers can have no authority over such natural rights, only as we have submitted...conscience we never submitted, we could not submit. We aro answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government tztend to inch acts only as... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858
...Mason quotes Mr. Jefferson as saying : " 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." The... | |
 | WILLIAM IRVING, JAMES KIRKE PAULDING AND WASHINGTON IRVING - 1860
...beyond the horizon that bounds his * Jefferson, in his "Notes on Virginia," says, " The legislative 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." cheerless... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1868
...Mason quotes Mr. Jefferson assaying: "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." 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. 
