Voltaire Quotes I Might Disagree

I disapprove of what you say but i will defend to the death your right to say it.

Voltaire quotes i might disagree. In the wake of the charlie hebdo attack yesterday a lot of people have been sharing this quote from voltaire. Voltaire stated this fact as a genius can. Unfortunately the quote isn t real or at least it s not really voltaire. I disapprove of what you say but i will defend to the death your right to say it as an illustration of voltaire s beliefs.

Originated in the friends of voltaire 1906 by s. 188 quote or no quote. Defense of the freedom of others is self defense. A b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z new random.

I may disagree with what you have to say but i shall defend to the death your right to say it. I disapprove of what you say but i will defend. Quotation 331 from michael moncur s cynical quotations. If you deny to anyone else the right to say what you think is wrong it will not be long before you will lose the right to say what you think is right.

Voltaire i disapprove of what you say but i will defend to the death your right to say it. In times of political turmoil and rhetorical strife commentators sometimes wheel out this old quote by the french philosopher and enlightenment writer voltaire. A post shared on facebook said french writer and philosopher voltaire once said i may disapprove of what you say but i will defend to the death your right to say it. Though it may reflect voltaire s beliefs writer evelyn beatrice hall actually coined the quote in her voltaire biography.

267 copy quote it is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. In the friends of voltaire hall wrote the phrase. Let us read and let us dance.

I may disagree with what you have to say but i shall defend to the death your right to say it. Voltaire quotes showing 1 30 of 934. Dance dancing reading. Tallentyre evelyn beatrice hall french author humanist rationalist satirist 1694 1778.

No not that either. I don t agree with what you say but i will defend to the death your right to say it. Publication by voltaire 1765. This quotation which is sometimes misattributed to voltaire himself is often cited to describe the principle of freedom of speech.