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Old 11-30-2004, 11:01 AM
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Political Quote (Did he or she said it?)

Put famous misquotes in politics.

The famous saying by Voltaire "I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it" it seem was never said. Voltaire real name is Francois Marie Arouet. And the quote is a paraphrase "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." The paraphrase was made by Evelyn Beatrice Hall under the pseudonym S[tephen] G. Tallentyre. It was from the book The Friends of Voltaire (1906). She wrote:
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..The men who had hated [the book], and had not particularly loved Helvetius, flocked round him now. Voltaire forgave him all injuries, intentional or unintentional. 'What a fuss about an omelette!' he had exclaimed when he heard of the burning. How abominably unjust to persecute a man for such an airy trifle as that! 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,' was his attitude now. But he soon came, as a Voltaire would come, to swearing that there was no more materialism in 'On the Mind' than in Locke, and a thousand more daring things in 'The Spirit of Laws.'
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