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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. "
An Appeal to the Christian Public in Defence of Reason and National ... - Page 112
by Henry Bennet Brewster - 1833 - 192 pages
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The Rights of Man: For the Benefit of All Mankind

Thomas Paine - Great Britain - 1795 - 180 pages
...are anfwerable for them to our ff God. " The legitimate powers of government extend *' to fuch atts only as are injurious to others. But ** it does me no injury for my neighbour to fay, *' there are twenty gods, or no god :— It neither *' picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg. Ifitbefaid...
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An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of ..., Volume 3

William Winterbotham - America - 1795 - 558 pages
...fubmit them; he is anfweiable for them to God, Tho legitimate powers of government extend to fuch a£fo only as. are injurious to others; but it does me no injury for my neighbour to fay there ^re twenty gods, or no god ; it neither pick* my pocket nor breaks my leg. If it be faid,...
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Notes on the State of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...fubmitted to fhem. The rights of confcience we never fubniitted, we could not fubmit. We are aniwerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to fuch acts only as are .injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to fay ihere are...
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Notes on the State of Virginia: With an Appendix Relative to the Murder of ...

Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...the afts 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...The legitimate powers of government extend to such afts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty...
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First Ripe Fruits: Being a Collection of Tracts; to which are Added, Two ...

John Mitchell MASON (D.D.) - Lord's Supper - 1803 - 336 pages
...say ! He dots preach it. " The legitimate powers of " government," they are his own words, " ex" tend to such acts only as are injurious to '•' others. But it does me no injury for my " neighbours to say there are twenty Gods or " no God. It neither picks my pocket nor " breaks my leg...
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The British Review, and London Critical Journal, Volume 1

English literature - 1811 - 572 pages
...this he goes, 1 think," says Mr. Cheetham, " but I am not quite sure, further than Mr. Jefferson. " The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injuriotu to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say [thut] there are twenty Gods...
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Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber: Minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church ...

David Martin - Slavery - 1819 - 124 pages
...their arrows, even bitter words. — PSALMS." *'£ut our rulers can have authority over such natu. ral rights only as we have submitted to them. \\ The rights of conscience we never submitted; we \ cannot submit. We are answerable for them to our God.— JEFFERSON." ^ FREDERICKTOfTJV, Md. PUBLISHED...
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A Speech Delivered Before the Municipal Court of the City of Boston in ...

Andrew Dunlap - Trials (Blasphemy) - 1834 - 278 pages
...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...extend to such acts only as are injurious to others." " Constraint may make him worse by malting him a hypocrite, but it will never make him a truer man....
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Report of the Arguments of the Attorney of the Commonwealth, at the Trials ...

Abner Kneeland, Samuel Dunn Parker - Blasphemy - 1834 - 282 pages
...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...them to our God. The legitimate powers of government qxtend to snch acts only as are injurious to others." " Constraint may make him worse by making him...
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An Introduction to the Defence of Abner Kneeland, Charged with Blasphemy ...

Abner Kneeland - Blasphemy - 1834 - 320 pages
...the acts of the body, are subject to the co^ ercion 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 areanswerable for them to our God. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as...
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