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Who said the words, ‘I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to Death your right to say it’?
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George Bernard Shaw
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Lenin
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Voltaire
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In The Friends of Voltaire, Hall wrote: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” as an illustration of Voltaire’s beliefs. This quotation – which is sometimes misattributed to Voltaire himself – is often cited to describe the principle of freedom of speech.
Detailed explanation-2: -’“Truly, whoever is able to make you absurd is able to make you unjust”, commonly quoted as “Those who can make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities” (Questions sur les miracles, 1765).
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