Voltaire?

[EDDIE51]

Anyone else noticed how pertinent the Quotes of Voltaire have become with the recent events in Paris?
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/v/voltaire.html

[bednobs]

no, because i don't know who voltaire is, let alone any of her quotes

[Maydup]

Definitely!

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire

[alexanderd]

Bednobs, Voltaire ( a man by the way) was a very famous french philosopher

[bednobs]

not very famous in the bednobs household i'm afriad

[Maydup]

In the 18th century he said....

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

[bibblebub]

those words were actually written by an Englishwoman http://www.themarysue.com/voltaire-beatrice-evelyn-hall/

[bibblebub]

ironically one of the roads those barbarians used to escape from the Charlie Hebdo massacre was the Boulevard Voltaire