Use the excerpt to answer the question.

Which of the following American values was expressed by Jefferson in this excerpt? 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.

free speech

self-reliance

religious freedom

limited government

The American value expressed by Jefferson in this excerpt is religious freedom.