Quoting Voltaire...

**Hedons** · 06-19-2008, 04:57 AM

I can't remember who has the following quote in their signature line:

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

But I thought you might be interested in knowing that it is a actually a famous misquote I just learned about.

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” (”Je désapprouve ce que vous dites, mais je défendrai à la mort votre droit à le dire”)

What Voltaire actually said was “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too” from Voltaire’s Essay on Tolerance - The misquote actually comes from a 1907 book called Friends of Voltaire, by Evelyn Beatrice Hall.

Just thought you might be interested in that little factoid.

-Hedons

Patrick Rue · 06-19-2008, 05:05 AM

Voltaire is the shit, Candide ftw.

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