EMERGENCE OF USA
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Defend your right to speak
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Keep the Absolute Monarch in power
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Make sure that women get to vote
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None of the above
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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: -There is no evidence that Voltaire ever said it, or that he ever wrote it. This (admittedly admirable) phrase was penned by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, who published The Friends of Voltaire in 1906. Initially writing under the pseudonym Stephen G. Tallentyre, Ms.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -“I don’t agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Unfortunately, the quote isn’t real-or at least, it’s not really Voltaire. It comes from a 1906 biography by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, in which it was intended to represent a summary of his thinking on free speech issues.