Not all citizens can be equally strong; but they can all be equally free. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“The register, the attorneys, and bailiffs, went to his house with great formality to carry him back his four hundred ounces. They… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The worthy administrators of justice are like a cat set to take care of a cheese, lest it should be gnawed by… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that it seems to be independent of all… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Meslier was the most singular phenomenon ever seen among all the meteors fatal to the Christian religion. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them — Voltaire Copy Share Image
When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not? — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
