Liberty of Expression Quotes
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.
Comumbanus, like many Irish clergy was very outspoken. They Irish monks were the notable exception of intellectuality in the “dark ages,” and they were much more egalitarian than the rest of the church where dissent and criticism was not welcomed.
