I've gone a Voltaire binge.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature.

I disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.