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
country war pay
In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
war mind village
It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.
kings war europe
Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing so divine as Los Padres who make war on Kings of Spain and Portugal and in Europe act as their confessors; who here kill Spaniards and at Madrid send them to Heaven.
country war greatness
Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.
peace war now-and-then
An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.
war mean cutting
Men appear to prefer ruining one another's fortunes, and cutting each other's throats about a few paltry villages, to extending the grand means of human happiness.
war philosopher oppressed
All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.
war slavery human-nature
Slavery is also as ancient as war, and war as human nature.
god military war
God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.
war army states
Where some states possess an army, the Prussian Army possesses a state.
peace war writing
To hold a pen is to be at war.
peace crazy war
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
war color justice
War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext of justice.
peace war ubuntu
To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.