Voltaire Quotes That Totally Apply To 2019 Someone quoted the first of these and inspired me to go look up some Voltaire quotes.  I hadn't read him in quite awhile, and was really surprised by how much some of them are incredibly applicable to 2019 politics.   Here's a sample (my comments in parentheses): "If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize".  (China.....ahem....China..) "It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster." (Addressed to the entire Social Justice Mob) "The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom." (This applies to the entire MSM brainwashing effort) "Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." (Best description of the Extreme Leftists I've heard.  "We've only got 3 months to live!!!!!") "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong." (Self-explanatory)