Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

Voltaire's Popular Quotes

‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

- Voltaire

If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.

- Voltaire

Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.

- Voltaire

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

- Voltaire

The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.

- Voltaire

Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

- Voltaire

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

- Voltaire

Those who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit atrocities.

- Voltaire

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

- Voltaire