Voltaire is expressing the essence of freedom of speech. If people are allowed to speak freely, they must be allowed to say not just those things that we agree with or approve of, but also to say things that we disagree with or disapprove of. Otherwise, we would be putting ourselves in the position of having a veto over what other people are allowed to say, and that is not free speech. We would not like other people to tell us what we may or may not say, and therefore, we must be equally tolerant of others.
This quote is commonly misattributed to Voltaire.
It came from a line from a book about Voltaire called "The friends of Voltaire" published in 1906, this line was in regards to Voltaire's stance on Claude Adrien Helvetius.
It means," No one has the right to silence another , nor allow another to be silenced because their opinions differ. It is every ones constitutional right to be able to voice their opinion regardless of how unpopular that opinion may be. It's called "FREEDOM OF SPEECH". If anyone disagrees with this answer, I accept that. I only hope they don't get together with others and start burning books again.
Voltaire is expressing the essence of freedom of speech. If people are allowed to speak freely, they must be allowed to say not just those things that we agree with or approve of, but also to say things that we disagree with or disapprove of. Otherwise, we would be putting ourselves in the position of having a veto over what other people are allowed to say, and that is not free speech. We would not like other people to tell us what we may or may not say, and therefore, we must be equally tolerant of others.
Actually it isn't known definitely. there are two possible origins. The first one is Voltaire and the other one is Evelyn Beatrice Hall.
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Voltaire
Harriet Tubman's famous quotation was, "I never lost a passenger."
Harriet Tubman's famous quotation was, "I never lost a passenger."
my mom! lol
'No man is an island'.
look at my grave
This quotation is from Act 1 Scene 1 of Othello.
The quote was "be free my lovelies!'
It's a quotation from a famous movie. It's just a toast, something you say when you raise a drink and say something complementary to another person.
It is a very common saying, making a fairly obvious point - like Nothing lasts for ever. I don't think it is a quotation.
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To be or not to be. That is the question.from Shakespeare's Hamlet
'Four score and seven years ago...'