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.
Quote by Thomas Jefferson
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Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations -- entangling alliances with none.
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The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
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I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.