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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

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Funny, Peace, War
"Questions sur les Miracles". Publication by Voltaire, 1765.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

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Peace, Crazy, War
"Rights". Book by Voltaire, 1771.

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

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Peace, War, Ubuntu
Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.130, Penguin

War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext of justice.

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War, Color, Justice

Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

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Country, War, Greatness
Voltaire (1949). “The portable Voltaire”

Slavery is also as ancient as war, and war as human nature.

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War, Slavery, Human Nature
Voltaire (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)”, p.4456, Delphi Classics

To hold a pen is to be at war.

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Peace, War, Writing
Letter to Jeanne-Grâce Bosc du Bouchet, comtesse d'Argental, October 04, 1748.

Men appear to prefer ruining one another's fortunes, and cutting each other's throats about a few paltry villages, to extending the grand means of human happiness.

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War, Mean, Cutting
Voltaire (1824). “A Philosophical Dictionary: From the French”, p.43

Where some states possess an army, the Prussian Army possesses a state.

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War, Army, States

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

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God, Military, War
"Great Thinkers Great Thoughts: One Thought Can Change Your World". Book published by Tejgyan Global Foundation, 2015.

It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.

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Peace, War, Mind

In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.

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Country, Military, War
Voltaire (1956). “Candide: or, Optimism”

An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.

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Peace, War, Now And Then

All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.

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War, Philosopher, Oppressed
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.1604, e-artnow

Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing so divine as Los Padres who make war on Kings of Spain and Portugal and in Europe act as their confessors; who here kill Spaniards and at Madrid send them to Heaven.

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Kings, War, Europe
Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.152, Penguin

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