More Quotes by Voltaire
So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.
Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it
Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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.
Dont think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
Dare to think for yourself.
The more a man knows, the less he talks.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.