 | Lloyd D. Simpson - 1885 - 190 páginas
...strengthens the presumption raised by his associates. In his notes on Virginia, he says " It does me no harm for my neighbor to say there are twenty Gods or no God ; it does not break my bones." In one of the passages cited from his letter to his nephew, he intimates... | |
 | 1886 - 878 páginas
...hesitate long in pushing the argument as far as he does, by Baying, as he does, that " in its exercise, it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty Gods, or no God.'" While the argument rests only in words, it would be so evanescent that it might be no injury. But when... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 474 páginas
...strange hymn with which Jefferson, a new false prophet, was deceiving and betraying his people : " It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty Gods or no God!" On this ground conservatism took its stand, as it had hitherto done with success in every similar emergency... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1889 - 466 páginas
...strange hymn with which Jefferson, a new false prophet, was deceiving and betraying his people : " It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty Gods or no God!" On this ground conservatism took its stand, as it had hitherto done with success in every similar emergency... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1894 - 558 páginas
...submit. We are answerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others." But it does me no...god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. If.it be said his testimony in a court of justice cannot be relied on, reject it then, and be the stigma... | |
 | Oscar Solomon Straus - 1896 - 52 páginas
...severed. "Opinion," said Mr. Jefferson, "is something with which the government has nothing to do. It does me no .injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It is error alone which needs the support of government ; truth can stand by itself. Millions of innocent... | |
 | Washington Irving, William Irving, James Kirke Paulding - 1897 - 438 páginas
...prodigious scolding quietly sit down and fan themselves cool as fast as possible. But to return : the only as are injurious to others. But it does me no...god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." io rage for talking has now, in consequence of the aggressions I alluded to, increased to a degree... | |
 | John Fiske - 1902 - 446 páginas
...business to meddle ; it is quite beyond its legitimate province. " It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. ... It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion... | |
 | John Fiske - 1902 - 778 páginas
...business to meddle ; it is quite beyond its legitimate province. " It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. ... It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion... | |
 | Frederic May Holland - 1902 - 24 páginas
...that "The legitimate powers of government extend to sucb acts only as are injurious to others; but i) does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God." He also declared that he should oppose the establishment of any nationalchurch, for he had "sworn on... | |
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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. 
