Evelyn Beatrice Hall Quotes
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Hall wrote the above in The Friends of Voltaire as an illustration of Voltaire's beliefs. This quotation – which is sometimes misattributed to Voltaire himself – is often cited to describe the principle of freedom of speech. Hall wrote under a man’s name so that her work would be taken more seriously which it was.
Evelyn Beatrice Hall, 1868–1956, Stephen G. Tallentyre (Pen Name), English Writer & Biographer, Helvetius: The Contradiction, 1906
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Evelyn Beatrice Hall (28 September 1868 – 13 April 1956), who wrote under the pseudonym S G. Tallentyre, was an English writer best known for her biography of Voltaire entitled The Life of Voltaire, first published in 1903. She also wrote The Friends of Voltaire, which she completed in 1906.
