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

Quote by Voltaire

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All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of...

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of...

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord,...

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord,...

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from...

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from...

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your...

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your...

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is...

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is...

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours,...

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours,...

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them...

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them...

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

Books are embalmed minds

Books are embalmed minds