We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard.

More from 'Liberty of the Press' in Philosophical Dictionary (1764)

• Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.
• A witty saying proves nothing.
• Crush the infamous thing. Letter to d'Alembert, June 23, 1760.
• God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
• History is little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes. L'Ing'nu. Chap. x. (1767.)
• If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.