Voltaire wrote:
“Certainement qui est en droit de vous rendre absurde, est en droit de vous rendre injuste”
Voltaire, Collection des Lettres sur les Miracles, 1765
I translate that as:
“Certainly who has the right to make you absurd, has the right to make you unjust”
The quote has since evolved to:
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
Given the number of Clown-Serial Killers in DC (Congress and the Executive Branch), I prefer the current translation.
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