Comments on: England Expects in silence http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/09/26/england-expects-in-silence/ Left-wing news, opinion and activism Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Dave Cole http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/09/26/england-expects-in-silence/#comment-21711 Dave Cole Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:11:44 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=1344#comment-21711 Rochenko, I'm not sure; in fairness, it is a summary of Voltaire's opinion. It's certainly catchier than 'I place a very high value on freedom of speech and am prepared to make great sacrifices in its defence including, in certain circumstances, my life'. Mr E, Thankyou. I suppose I should have said that it was Evelyn Beatrice Hall, writing pseudonymously as SG Tallentyre, in <i>The Friends of Voltaire</i>, which was published in 1906, 128 years after Voltaire's death. xD. Rochenko,

I’m not sure; in fairness, it is a summary of Voltaire’s opinion. It’s certainly catchier than ‘I place a very high value on freedom of speech and am prepared to make great sacrifices in its defence including, in certain circumstances, my life’.

Mr E,

Thankyou. I suppose I should have said that it was Evelyn Beatrice Hall, writing pseudonymously as SG Tallentyre, in The Friends of Voltaire, which was published in 1906, 128 years after Voltaire’s death.

xD.

]]> By: Mr Eugenides http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/09/26/england-expects-in-silence/#comment-21587 Mr Eugenides Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:19:40 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=1344#comment-21587 Nice to see someone using that quotation correctly and not misattributing it to Voltaire himself!.... Nice to see someone using that quotation correctly and not misattributing it to Voltaire himself!….

]]> By: Rochenko http://liberalconspiracy.org/2008/09/26/england-expects-in-silence/#comment-21575 Rochenko Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:45:11 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/?p=1344#comment-21575 You're serious about that "to the death" thing, are you? Really? You’re serious about that “to the death” thing, are you? Really?

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