Voltaire
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth21 November 1694
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
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Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
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In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
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Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.
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But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.
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In this country [England] it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. The reference is to Admiral John Byng, who was executed in 1757 for failing to prevent the French from taking Minorca.
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Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
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Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
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So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of the universe would be the man who wishes his country never to be either greater or smaller, richer or poorer.
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A multitude of laws in a country is like a great number of physicians, a sign of weakness and malady.
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He who seeks truth should be of no country.
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The punishment of criminals should serve a purpose. When a man is hanged he is useless.
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The public is a ferocious beast -- one must either chain it up or flee from it.
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The secret of being tiresome is in telling everything.
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The United States has subcontracted Brazil for security and Canada for economic development. But they're all reporting to Washington. The final decisions are made there,