• GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Like the camel’s nose, once you let a little bit of dictatorship into your country, you soon find out there is no room left for democracy.

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        4 months ago

        Voltaire said, “A witty saying proves nothing.” In your case, this only partly applies.

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            4 months ago

            I wouldn’t classify it was witty. Pithy, succinct, a truism, sure, but not particularly notable beyond who said it.

            If I was looking for a witty saying by Voltaire, I would go with, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Note also that it’s value is not because it is witty, which I believe it is, but because of the content of the words. Unlike your words, which I can only hope was an attempt to be witty, yet also had no content.