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Javaman

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2. Voltaire or Hall?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2020, 04:00 PM

May 2020

French...(Voltaire 1778)

Monsieur l’abbé, je déteste ce que vous écrivez, mais je donnerai ma vie pour que vous puissiez continuer à écrire.

translation:

Monsieur l’abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.

English (Hall 1906)
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/06/01/defend-say/

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