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When the masses get involved in reasoning, everything is lost. — Voltaire

Letter

When the masses get involved in reasoning, everything is lost.

In the original French

Quand la populace se mele de raisonner, tout est perdu.

Voltaire
1766
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The massesDemocracyPolitical theory
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1766
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Voltaire
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Voltaire. Letter to Etienne Noel Damilaville. 1 Apr. 1766.

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