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French Enlightenment Writer, Historian, and Philosopher, Famous for his Wit, and his Criticism of Christianity?especially the Roman Catholic Church?and of Slavery, and an Advocate of Freedom of Speech and of Religion
: A French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his nom de plume M. de Voltaire (/v?l?t??r, vo?l-/; also US: /v??l-/; French: [v?lt???]), he was famous for his wit, and his criticism of Christianity?especially the Roman Catholic Church?and of slavery. Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #16 on Political Struggle Quotes >> War and Arms
“God has given them neither cannon of 24-pounders, nor bayonets; and yet they have made cannon and bayonets to destroy one another.”
Source: "Candide," by Voltaire, Millennium Publications, 2014, originally published 1759. Chapter 3: How Candide escaped from the Bulgarians, and what befell him afterwards, Page 16.
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