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
art citizens consists french-writer government money party possible taking
In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
tyrants government politics
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
art two government
The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.
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It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.
believe government democracy
Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?
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Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.
government democracy form
An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.
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When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation
inspirational funny life
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.
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Regimen is superior to medicine, especially as, from time immemorial, out of every hundred physicians, ninety-eight are charlatans
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Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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I was never ruined but twice - once when I lost a lawsuit, once when I won one
country
Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.