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live and let live

NOUN
laissez-faire
Synonyms
WEAK
do-nothing policy for the most free enterprise free hand inaction indifference individualism laisser aller laisser passer latitude let-alone policy neutrality noninterference nonintervention nonrestriction part unrestrained by law free trade permissiveness

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“In my opinion, we’re on this earth to help each other through it all, period. … I just feel like, live and let live, period.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023

I try to live and let live, but the moms will not stop using my driveway for their kid drop-offs.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 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

How can so many give up their one precious life to cruelty, rather than just take the easier and humane path of "live and let live?"

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2021

Why couldn’t people just live and let live?

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson