Voltaire ( 10 of 94 )
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is read more
When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.
Common sense is not so common.
Common sense is not so common.
It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion
It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion
For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm
For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm
