The quote has its roots in a biography by Evelyn Beatrice Hall published in 1906, more than a century after Voltaire’s death. In it, she tries to sum up Voltaire’s thoughts on freedom of ...

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YOU HAVE GREAT ENERGY ABOUT YOU. YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO. FOR OUR VIEWERS THAT DON’T KNOW ABOUT LE VOLTAIRE, WHAT ARE THEY IN STORE FOR WHEN THEY COME BY? SO I THINK LOUISVILLE THAYER MEANS A LOT OF ...