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===Legacy===

===Legacy===

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 />