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Indeed, many social and religious conservatives adopted a libertarian philosophy: Live and let live.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2022
Live and let live won’t always do, and privacy isn’t necessarily the highest good.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 9, 2019
What about "Live and let live"? Our western-centric way of thinking cant seem to allow people to be the way they want.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2018
Why not try this: Live and let live?
From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2016
"Live and let live" seems to be, if not the law of the country, at least the universal habit of the people.
From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
And that’s when I get really upset, like we really need to do a lot of education on anthropomorphizing, on just live and let live, and step back.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025
George Kennan, the American diplomat in Moscow, sends what is known as the long telegram, saying there can be no modus vivendi, there can be no live and let live with Moscow.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2022
“For my personal viewpoint, I think the idea of live and let live is alive and well,” he says.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2022
His eldest daughter Anne Ferguson said the family had been brought up to "live and let live".
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2021
Why couldn’t people just live and let live?
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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