Voltaire Didn't Say these | Ten Fake Quotes Misattributed to Voltaire | Don't Be Taken In By These!
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Fake quotes attributed to famous authors are all over the internet. And they're bad business for brains! Don't be a sucker for these by believing them uncritically, and don't repost quotes you're not sure are actually by the thinker they're attributed to, or you're making yourself part of the problem
In this video, I identify ten fake quotes that are not by the author. They are often attributed to Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), but which we see falsely and frequently attributed to him in quote pages, images, and videos. I not only discuss where the quote originates from (when we know), but also why each of them is something Voltaire wouldn't have said, based on what we know he did say in his existing texts.
Here are the fake quotes we're calling out in this video:
1. "To determine the true rulers of any society, all you must do is ask yourself this question: Who is it that I am not permitted to criticize?" or "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." (from white nationalist Kevin Alfred Strom)
2. “I don’t agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” (from Evelyn Beatrice Hall. Also misattributed to Voltaire by Norbert Guterman)
3. "There is no God, but don't tell that to my servant, lest he murder me at night. (misattributed to Voltaire by Yuval Noah Harari)
4. "Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats" (interpretative summary of Voltaire by Peter Gay)
5. "Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it" (from André Gide)
6. "Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers" (from Pierre-Marc-Gaston, duc de Lévis)
7. "Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense" (from Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach)
8. "With great power comes great responsibility" (from collection of the decrees made by the French National Convention)
9. "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible" (from Stanisław Jerzy Lec)
10. "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities" (not from Voltaire, though attributed to him repeatedly by multiple sources
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Oh wow, that first one is pretty suprising how widespread it is
Yes, many people look for quotes and don't bother to see whether they're actually by the person they attribute them to
I now know where "With great power comes great responsibility" comes from - not Uncle Ben!
Quite true
Great video, literally shocked.
About which quotes are fake?
@@GregoryBSadler the one by Nazi ultranationalist Kevin Storm. I saw it somewhere and it really is a simple quote which people like to quote everywhere. Now knowing the historical background, cant seem to qoute it anywhere. One query, is there a merit to it. The more I think the more I find its not that much deep and can have blindspots.
I already knew the first one would be on this video; you see it used online quite a bit, often to criticise "jewish power", though I don't think Elon meant it that way. I was surprised to learn that the second one was fake, however. I really like this series.
Glad you enjoy the series