scooper@brl-tgr.ARPA (Stephan Cooper ) (08/08/85)
..and who said... "I utterly disagree with everything that you are saying, but I am prepared to fight to the death for your right to say it."
nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) (08/09/85)
> > > ..and who said... > > "I utterly disagree with everything that you are > saying, but I am prepared to fight to the death for > your right to say it." A biographer of Voltaire made it up and attributed it to him. It was also phrased rather differently, but you have the gist. -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather nather%utastro.UTEXAS@ut-sally.ARPA
rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist) (08/09/85)
In article <527@brl-tgr.ARPA> scooper@brl-tgr.ARPA (Stephan Cooper (CTAB) <scooper>) writes: >..and who said... > >"I utterly disagree with everything that you are >saying, but I am prepared to fight to the death for >your right to say it." Voltaire, the jerk. Yet another example of "nicey-nice" thinking. It is this sort of attitude which lets psychopaths "express" themselves right up to the moment when innocent people die. The Rev. Jim Jones, for example. -- "I utterly disagree with what you are saying, but if you keep on saying it, I will get violent." -- Voltaire's brother-in-law Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, MACC 1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706 {allegra, ihnp4, seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!rick
eduardo@dartvax.UUCP (Eduardo Hernandez) (08/10/85)
> ..and who said... > > "I utterly disagree with everything that you are > saying, but I am prepared to fight to the death for > your right to say it." I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. C. S. Tallentyre -- Eduardo Hernandez '87 Hinman Box 1038 Hanover, NH 03755 (603)643-7229
mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz) (08/12/85)
In article <1386@uwmacc.UUCP> rick@uwmacc.UUCP (Rick Keir) writes: > In article <527@brl-tgr.ARPA> scooper@brl-tgr.ARPA (Stephan Cooper) writes: > >..and who said... > > > >"I utterly disagree with everything that you are > >saying, but I am prepared to fight to the death for > >your right to say it." > > Voltaire, the jerk. Yet another example of "nicey-nice" thinking. > It is this sort of attitude which lets psychopaths "express" > themselves right up to the moment when innocent people die. > The Rev. Jim Jones, for example. At the risk of taking something that should have had a smiley seriously.... The alternative is the sort of attitude that lets ONLY the psychopaths express themselves. Innumerable fascists, dictators, and despots for example. -- Mike Huybensz ...decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!mrh
keith@uiucme.uiucme (08/19/85)
I've seen it attributed to:
Renee Descartes
Socrates
an Irish philosopher whose name now escapes me (ca. 1850)
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up with!"ken@boring.UUCP (08/23/85)
In article <770@lll-crg.ARPA> cralle@lll-crg.ARPA (Bob Cralle) writes: >Who said, > >"The most important thing in life is not remembering, but forgetting." I used to know but I took his advice and forgot his name. (-: Sorry, couldn't resist, Ken -- UUCP: ..!{seismo,okstate,garfield,decvax,philabs}!mcvax!ken Voice: Ken! Mail: Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ, Amsterdam.