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> [“Those who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit atrocities”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/those-who-can-be-made-to-believe-absurdities-can-be-made-to-commit/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/if-we-believe-absurdities-we-shall-commit-atrocities/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/as-long-as-people-believe-in-absurdities-they-will-continue-to-commit/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [Men will commit atrocities as long as they believe absurdities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/men-will-commit-atrocities-as-long-as-they-believe-absurdities/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/anyone-who-has-the-power-to-make-you-believe-absurdities-has-the/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [“When you believe in absurdities, it will be very easy for you to commit atrocities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chidi-ejeagba/when-you-believe-in-absurdities-it-will-be-very-easy-for-you-to/)

[Chidi Ejeagba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chidi-ejeagba/)

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> [Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/those-who-can-make-you-believe-absurdities-can-make-you-commit/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/those-who-believe-absurdities-will-commit-atrocities/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [“Voltaire got it right long ago: ‘Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.’ So did Bertrand Russell:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/voltaire-got-it-right-long-ago-those-who-can-make-you-believe/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [The take-home message is that we should blame religion itself, not religious extremism - as though that were some kind of terrible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-take-home-message-is-that-we-should-blame-religion-itself-not/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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## Top authors on Believe Absurdities

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-voltaire-94063.jpg) Voltaire 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe-absurdities/voltaire/)

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