Voltaire
  • Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

  • To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

  • I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

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

  • To hold a pen is to be at war.