Voltaire Quotes about Mankind
Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.142, Penguin
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
Voltaire (2016). “Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression”, p.643, e-artnow
