It is the poverty connected with our species which subordinates one man to another. It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
VoltaireWhen a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
VoltaireIt is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
VoltaireEverything I see about me is sowing the seeds of a revolution that is inevitable, though I shall not have the pleasure of seeing it. The lightning is so close at hand that it will strike at the first chance, and then there will be a pretty uproar. The young are fortunate, for they will see fine things.
Voltaire