Our fact-checking sources: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Aug. 31, 2009, Voltaire The Big Apple, Aug. 16, 2012, Entry from August 16, 2012 Southern Poverty Law Center, accessed May 30, Kevin ...

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie posted a quote online Sunday that ostensibly is from Voltaire, the 1700s-era French philosopher, but actually is a paraphrased statement from a man the Southern Poverty Law ...

In reality, the quote is from a neo-Nazi who said it in 1993. “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize,” the viral quote , shared by Musk, says.

This is a paraphrased version of a quote from a neo-Nazi named Kevin Strom. Voltaire did not write this sentence. In January 2022, U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci, the ...

The quote, which reads, “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize,” was quickly identified by some users online as a quote by Kevin Alfred Strom.

But the quote Massie shared was not from Voltaire. It was said by Kevin Alfred Strom, who the Southern Poverty Law Center describes as a “dogmatic neo-Nazi.” In 2008, according to the SPLC ...

Twitter users on Saturday were quick to point out that a quote shared by CEO Elon Musk had been misattributed to Voltaire – when it had in fact originated with a neo-Nazi.. The billionaire ...