JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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Question
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“I think, therefore, I am.”
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“I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
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“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.”
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“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Also commonly attributed to Voltaire is the saying “I may disagree with you, but I defend to the death your right to say it.” (Author Evelyn Beatrice Hall attributed the saying to Voltaire in her work The Friends of Voltaire [1906]).
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death, you’re right to say it, ” is often attributed to the French philosopher Voltaire, but its actual origin remains up for debate.
Detailed explanation-4: -While lovers of liberty in all lands have urged the necessity of freedom of speech, none put the case more pointedly than Voltaire when he said: “I wholly disapprove of what you say-and will defend to the death your right to say it.”