It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

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About Voltaire

Portrait of Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire (, US also ; French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his Criticisms of the Catholic Church and slavery, Voltaire was...

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When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

Regimen is superior to medicine.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

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The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.

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Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

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With words we govern men.

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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

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I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.

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History

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