It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly.
VoltaireIt is ourselves alone that make our days lucky or unlucky. Away, then, with a vain prejudice, the invention of the priesthood, which has been transmitted by our ancestors to an ignorant people.
VoltaireHe was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.
Voltaire