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God is on the side not of the heavy battalions, but of the best shots. — Voltaire

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God is on the side not of the heavy battalions, but of the best shots.

In the original French

Dieu n'est pas pour les gros bataillons, mais pour ceux qui tirent le mieux.

Voltaire
1750
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1750
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Voltaire
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Voltaire. The Piccini Notebooks. c. 1738-1750.

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