Voltaire

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit injustices."

"We are drowning in information, but starving for wisdom."

"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."

"The perfect is the enemy of the good."

"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."

"Common sense is not so common."

"The best is the enemy of the good."

"Beware of the words 'thus spake the lord' for they have justified countless atrocities."

"All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds."

"The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling us to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever we want to believe."

"When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion."

"Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy."

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

"The secret to being boring is to say everything."

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it."

"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."

"One hundred years of disrespect and broken promises to Native Americans."

"We are rarely proud when we are alone."

"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."

"Admiration is the daughter of ignorance."

"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."

"In this best of all possible worlds, all is for the best."

"It is forbidden to forbid."

"The unintelligent are always surprised by intelligence."

"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."

"The ideal form of government is democracy tempered by assassination."

"Ecrasez l'infame—Crush the infamous thing."

"I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it."

"Liberty is so sweet, one must defend it."

"The ancients stole all our good ideas."