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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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How about we live and let live, and all live longer and better?

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2023

Wyoming has long been a deeply conservative state but one that often avoided weighing in on social matters — live and let live is a credo of rural life in the West.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 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

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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