Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Quote by Voltaire

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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 superfluous, a very necessary thing.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

The atheists are for the most part impudent and misguided scholars who reason badly, and...

The atheists are for the most part impudent and misguided scholars who reason badly, and...

A woman can keep one secret - the secret of her age

A woman can keep one secret - the secret of her age

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

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

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

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd

To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd

The superfluous, a very necessary thing

The superfluous, a very necessary thing

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of...

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of...

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally...

All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

I have learned now that while those who speak about ones miseries usually hurt, those...

I have learned now that while those who speak about ones miseries usually hurt, those...