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. - Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson: "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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Acts	Breaks	Extend	Gods
Government	Injurious	Injury	Legitimate
Neighbor	Neither	Others	Picks
Pocket	Powers	Such	Twenty

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