I get it that this quote is wrongly attributed to Voltaire. But since there is nothing new under the sun, it seems wrong that it is only a recent saying. Plus, since a lot of people attribute to Strom (who they call a nazi, white supremist, etc.), this comes off as a way to disqualify the truth of the saying. Is there an earlier attribution of the quote, other than Strom?
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[–] TheSeer ago
Why does WHO said a quote matter so much more than the quote itself?
If Voltaire said it, then it is true, but if a white supremacist said it, then its not true? Either the quote is poignant or it isn't. It was very much true in Revolutionary/Napoleonic France that there were characters behind the scenes, pulling the strings.
Like 'The Grey Eminence'.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Eminence_grise_1873.jpg/1200px-G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Eminence_grise_1873.jpg
[–] LexOrandiLexCredendi ago
Yeah... you're reading way too much into that; even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then. Obviously no human being outside of Jesus Christ Himself is always right or always wrong.