Michael

“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. 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

“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.”
― Thomas Paine