A famous French guy. Said interesting things. See this page's BackLink''''''s for some quotes commonly attributed to him.

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See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire

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Attributed to MrVoltaire:  "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."  This appears in ''The Friends of Voltaire'' (1906) by Evelyn Beatrice Hall.  She does not attibute it to him as a quotation, but as an attitude.  The nearest Voltaire is known to have come to saying this is in a letter to M. Le Riche (Feb 6th, 1770), where he says:  "...je déteste ce que vous écrivez, mais je donnerai ma vie pour que vous puissiez continuer à écrire." (I detest what you write, but I shall give my life so that you may continue to write.")

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"It is dangerous to be right about that which the established authorities are wrong."

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 Cunning little brain, a regular Voltaire
 Thinks he's quite a lover but there's not much there....
-- "Master Of The House", ''Les Miserables'' (the English translation of the musical, that is...)

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Voltaire on Jeanne d'Arc in ''Philosophical Dictionary'' reveals his narrowness in contrat to MarkTwain's liberality in his historical novel ''Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc.'' -- GeorgeWolff

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