Correcting Quirks in Quotes

Voltaire is a very quotable entente. Perhaps this is why he is misquoted so often. The quote, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" is often attributed to Voltaire however he was not the one who said it. It was actually the writing of one of his biographers in he book Friends of Voltaire. Hall, the author of the quote, used the phrase to show how Voltaire viewed the writings of a French philosopher but since it was written in the first person it came across as a direct quote. It may actually be derived from Voltaire's quote, "I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write." For all of eternity people will be misquoted and discredited, but it is up to us to make sure we do not get a tatoo with a misquote. That would suck.