There are barbarians who seize this dog, who so prodigiously surpasses man in friendship, and nail him down to a table, and dissect him alive to show you the mezaraic veins... Answer me, Machinist, has Nature really arranged all the springs of feeling in this animal to the end that he might not feel? Has he nerves that he may be incapable of suffering?
VoltaireOur priests are not what a silly populace supposes; all their learning consists in our credulity.
VoltaireIt is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
Voltaire