You Reap What You Sow?

[Msterbeau]

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[Scary Guy]

"I may not like what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it" - Voltaire

However this does not include the media used to spread it so GO HACKTIVISIM!

[BrassFusion]

"I may not like what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it" - Voltaire

However this does not include the media used to spread it so GO HACKTIVISIM!

voltaire never said that. stop spamming.

[Scary Guy]

voltaire never said that. stop spamming.

Did too, it's in my huge list of quotes.

I was also just catching up on old posts.

[BrassFusion]

Along the line that the quote may be spuriously attributed to Voltaire (thus explaining why none of the above attribute it to a specific work or date), is the following found at http://public.logica.com/~stepneys/cyc/l/liberty.htm

Beatrice Hall

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

-- The Friends of Voltaire, 1906

The phrase "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" is widely attributed to Voltaire, but cannot be found in his writings. With good reason. The phrase was invented by a later author as an epitome of his attitude. It appeared in The Friends of Voltaire (1906), written by Evelyn Beatrice Hall under the pseudonym S[tephen] G. Tallentyre. ...

Hall wrote:

...The men who had hated [the book], and had not particularly loved Helvétius, flocked round him now. Voltaire forgave him all injuries, intentional or unintentional. 'What a fuss about an omelette!' he had exclaimed when he heard of the burning. How abominably unjust to persecute a man for such an airy trifle as that! 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,' was his attitude now.

...

Hall herself claimed later that she had been paraphrasing Voltaire's words in his Essay on Tolerance: "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." -- http://www.plexoft.com/SBF/V02.html

I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to mis-attribute this quote to Voltaire.

-- Avram Grumer, rec.arts.sf.written, May 2000

[Scary Guy]

Thanks for the update. I probably just saw it online and added it. It's been in the list for a while.