But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.
("Candide")
More Quotes from Voltaire:
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.Voltaire
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
Voltaire
We cannot wish for that we know not.
Voltaire
Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.
Voltaire
To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.
Voltaire
Work banishes those three great evils boredom, vice and poverty.
Voltaire
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal or a conservative bias, is like asking if the problem with Al-Qaeda is do they use too much oil in their hummus.Al Franken
Even God cannot change the past.
Agathon
A lot was happening, plus there were an enormous number of people in the industry that were going to conventions, so it was a pretty fun time. Also there was a lot of controversy and I was at the forefront of some of that.
Todd McFarlane