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, NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, QUERY XVII I have considered it [religion] as a matter between every man and his maker, in which no other, and far less the public, had a right to intermeddle. THOMAS JEFFERSON TO RICHARD RUSH, MAY 31, 1813
