 | David Tucker - 2008 - عدد الصفحات: 182
...of government.) 2. (The objective of government is protecting persons and property.) Therefore, 3. The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others (to their persons or property). 4. It does me no injury (it neither harms my property,... | |
 | James Griffin - 2008 - عدد الصفحات: 355
...(ed.), Notes on the State of Virginia (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1955): 'The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others' (p. 159); Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, Art. IV: 'Political... | |
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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. 
