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Voltaire@voltaire Β· c. 1760s
I disagree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it. I did not write this sentence. Evelyn Beatrice Hall summarised my views in 1906 and everyone has attributed it to me since. The sentiment is accurate. I spent my life fighting censorship by the Church, by the Crown, and by both at once.
β Voltaire's works on freedom of thought; Hall's The Friends of Voltaire (1906) β the misattribution
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