"I do not agree with a word you say

[Dave Reynolds]

but will defend to the death your right to say it."

It was actually first used by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, writing under the pseudonym of Stephen G. Tallentyre in The Friends of Voltaire (1906), as a summation of Voltaire's attitude, based on statements in Essay on Tolerance where he asserts: "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privelege to do so too". (Thanks, Wikipedia).

This, (apparently with some posters) only counts if you only say what they want to hear.

Left or right, American Taliban is as American Taliban does.

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