Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts

Sunday

On The Legitimate Powers of Government

"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others.  But 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."
(Emphasis added to Jefferson quote by Double Birds)

Jefferson quote source: Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVII

On Compulsion to Pay

"That to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical."

Jefferson quote source: A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom