Jefferson Father

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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 neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    O whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad;
    O whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad:
    Tho’ father and mither and a’ should gae mad,
    O whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad.
    Robert Burns (1759–1796)