Injustice in the end produces independence.

Quote by Voltaire

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It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

Love truth, and pardon error.

Love truth, and pardon error.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

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

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

I disapprove of what you say, but I defend to the death your right to...

I disapprove of what you say, but I defend to the death your right to...

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.

The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

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,...

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no...

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no...

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.