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Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Voltaire

Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting. — Voltaire

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Voltaire

Dare to think for yourself. — Voltaire

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Voltaire

Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too. — Voltaire

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Richard Davenport-Hines

Good work is not done by 'humble' men. It is one of the first duties of a professor, for example, in any subject, to exaggerate a little both the importance of his subject and his own importance in it. A man who is always asking 'Is what I do worthwhile?' and 'Am I the right person to do it?' will always be ineffective himself and a discouragement to others. He must shut his eyes a little, and think a little more of his subject and himself than they deserve. G. H. Hardy — Richard Davenport-Hines

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Voltaire

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. — Voltaire

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Jim Butcher

So in addition to a feisty new Black Court partner in the war dance between the Council and the Vampire Courts, I also got angry lust bunny movies stars, deadly curses, and a thoroughly embarrassing job as my investigative cover.
Oh, and bean curd pizza, which is just wrong.
What a mess.
I made a mental note: The next time I saw Thomas, I was going to punch him right in the nose. — Jim Butcher

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Ilona Andrews

He seemed to shrug off the sun's rays. — Ilona Andrews

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Neil Gaiman

I thought I was looking at a building at first: that it was some kind of tent, as high as a country church, made of grey and pink canvas that flapped in the gusts of storm wind, in that orange sky: a lopsided canvas structure aged by weather and ripped by time. And then it turned and I saw its face ... — Neil Gaiman

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Voltaire

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force. — Voltaire

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Voltaire

Freedom is to depend only on the law and not on men's whims. — Voltaire

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Thomas More

The folly of men has enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity; whereas, on the contrary, it is their opinion that Nature, as an indulgent parent, has freely given us all the best things in great abundance, such as water and earth, but has laid up and hid from us the things that are vain and useless. — Thomas More

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By S.G. Tallentyre

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. — S.G. Tallentyre

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Mark Twain

The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all. — Mark Twain

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Voltaire

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. — Voltaire

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Thomas Hardy

Happiness is but a mere episode in the general drama of pain. — Thomas Hardy

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By George Orwell

In that case the current orthodoxy happens to be challenged, and so the principle of free speech lapses. Now, when one demands liberty of speech and of the press, one is not demanding absolute liberty. There always must be, or at any rate there always will be, some degree of censorship, so long as organised societies endure. But freedom, as Rosa Luxembourg [sic] said, is 'freedom for the other fellow'. The same principle is contained in the famous words of Voltaire: 'I detest what you say; I will defend to the death your right to say it.' If the intellectual liberty which without a doubt has been one of the distinguishing marks of western civilisation means anything at all, it means that everyone shall have the right to say and to print what he believes to be the truth, provided only that it does not harm the rest of the community in some quite unmistakable way. — George Orwell

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Adam Savage

Don't work for fools. It's not worth it. Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run. — Adam Savage

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Voltaire

Will is wish, and liberty is power. — Voltaire

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Joshua Loth Liebman

Tolerance, which is one form of love of neighbor, must manifest itself not only in our personal relations, but also in the arena of society as well. In the world of opinion and politics, tolerance is that virtue by which liberated minds conquer the evils of bigotry and hatred. Tolerance implies more than forbearance or the passive enduring of ideas different from our own. Properly conceived, tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them. Tolerance quickens our appreciation and increases our respect for our neighbor's point of view. It goes even further; it assumes a militant aspect when the rights of an opponent are assailed. Voltaire's dictum, "I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," is for all ages and places the perfect utterance of the tolerant ideal. — Joshua Loth Liebman

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Bella Forrest

Disarray as they were pulled to their feet by their escorts. We — Bella Forrest

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Voltaire

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. — Voltaire

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Jackie Chan

The best fights are the ones we avoid. — Jackie Chan

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Agnes Allen

Almost anything is easier to get into than to get out of. — Agnes Allen

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Ken Blanchard

Connect the dots between individual roles and the goals of the organization. When people see that connection, they get a lot of energy out of work. They feel the importance, dignity, and meaning in their job. — Ken Blanchard

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Voltaire

So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men. — Voltaire

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Voltaire

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. — Voltaire

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Voltaire

I tried to believe in God, but I confess to you that God meant nothing in my life, and that in my secret heart I too felt a void where my childhood faith had been. But probably this feeling belongs only to individuals in transition. The grandchildren of these pessimists will frolic in the freedom of their lives, and have more happiness than poor Christians darkened with fear of Hell. — Voltaire

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Voltaire

All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers. — Voltaire

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Eckhart Tolle

Emotion arises at the place where mind and body meet. It is the body's reaction to your mind - or you might say, a reflection of your mind in the body. — Eckhart Tolle

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Billy Graham

The Bible stresses that a marriage ideally should be a picture or a reflection of Christ's love for His people. — Billy Graham

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Jerry Z. Muller

To realize the Enlightenment ideals of formal equality, the rule of law, freedom of commerce, and religious toleration, Voltaire and many of the other philosophes looked to absolutist monarchs, whose policies they hoped to influence. The support of the philosophes for the expansion of the monarch's sovereign power was tactical. It arose not out of a principled belief in the throne, but out of the recognition that only a strong monarchy had the power to override the resistance to enlightened legislation by the privileged churches, estates, and corporations that made up continental European society. (p. 45) — Jerry Z. Muller

Voltaire Freedom Quotes By Sinead O'Connor

God needs to get rescued from religious music. — Sinead O'Connor