Common sense is not so common.Voltaire
“It is better to risk sparing a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.”
French Enlightenment writer and philosopher · 1694 – 1778
Voltaire, born François-Marie Arouet, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher and historian famous for the novella Candide and for his witty defence of civil liberties, including freedom of speech and religion. He was one of the most prolific and influential writers of his age.
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