#voltaire

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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One does not arrest Voltaire. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#does #voltaire

If I were king, I would redress an abuse which cuts back, as it were, one half of human kind. I would have women participate in all human rights, especially those of the mind. ↗

— Émilie Du Châtelet

#engineering #math #passonate-minds #rights #science

And as Voltaire, one of our nation’s Founding Fathers, once said, “I do not agree with what you have to say, but at your death I’ll defend what you rightfully should have said. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

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