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.
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Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.Thomas Jefferson
Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. The earth is given as a common stock for man to labor and live on. The small landowners are the most precious part of a state.
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If the obstacles of bigotry and priestcraft can be surmounted, we may hope that common sense will suffice to do everything else
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I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.
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Thomas Jeffersons Decalogue of Canons IV. Never buy what you do not want ... because it is cheap it will be dear to you.
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Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.
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