| − | Voltaire's influence surpassed him in death: One of his sayings, "To Philosophy!", was nailed onto one of the atheistic Temple of Reasons during the French Revolution.<ref>Kennedy, Emmet (1989). A Cultural History of the French Revolution. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-04426-7. p. 343</ref> Over a century later, Charles de Gaulle, when pardoning left-wing activist and philosopher [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] during the [[May 1968 riots]], cited Voltaire as his reason, saying "One does not arrest Voltaire." (which is false, as Voltaire had in fact been arrested and spent nearly a year at the Bastille,<ref>[http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/Z5260P.pdf Excerpt from Paul Johnson's ''Intellectuals''] on thedivineconspiracy.org</ref> and in fact his pen-name "Voltaire" had originated from one of his prison sentences.<ref>http://catholicism.org/louis-ix-king-crusader-and-saint.html</ref>) | + | Voltaire's influence surpassed him in death: One of his sayings, "To Philosophy!", was nailed onto one of the atheistic Temple of Reasons during the French Revolution.<ref>Kennedy, Emmet (1989). A Cultural History of the French Revolution. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-04426-7. p. 343</ref> Over a century later, Charles de Gaulle, when pardoning left-wing activist and philosopher [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] during the [[May 1968 riots]], cited Voltaire as his reason, saying "One does not arrest Voltaire." (which is false, as Voltaire had in fact been arrested and spent nearly a year at the Bastille,<ref>[http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/Z5260P.pdf Excerpt from Paul Johnson's ''Intellectuals''] on thedivineconspiracy.org</ref> and in fact his pen-name "Voltaire" had originated from one of his prison sentences.<ref>http://catholicism.org/louis-ix-king-crusader-and-saint.html</ref>) On a similar note, Karl Marx's father often read to him the works of Voltaire, which Marx evidently took to heart when he formed the Communist Manifesto. |
| | In addition, Voltaire, or, more specifically, his hostility to all revealed religion, acted as one of four sources for the American Library Association's radicalization.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19980119060706/http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/1996/feb96/focus.html<br /> | | In addition, Voltaire, or, more specifically, his hostility to all revealed religion, acted as one of four sources for the American Library Association's radicalization.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19980119060706/http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/1996/feb96/focus.html<br /> |