More Quotes by Voltaire
Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
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
The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.
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.
You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Dare to think for yourself.
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
