Why I admire Voltaire
I would love to have met Voltaire because i’ve done alot of research on him for school projects and such and find him to be an absolutely amazing man. He was witty, brave and stood up for what he believed in. Voltaire spoke out so much against the corruption of the Catholic Church that when he died they wouldn’t even let him be burried on ‘holy’ grounds, which was where everyone (everyone that had the money anyway- which Voltaire did.) was burried. Voltaire also spent months in the French prison the Bastille for speaking out against the Nobility, who were also very corrupt at that time. Many people only think of Voltaire when they think of the French Revolution, but Voltaire was so much more then that and i definetly encourage people to look his bio and theories, they will amaze you, Voltaire was way ahead of his times. A couple quotes by him just to give you a taste of what he was like:”God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh”, “I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.”, “It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. ” and “Prejudice is opinion without judgement.”. Absolutely amazing man.
