Claude Adrien Helvetius (26 February 1715-26 December 1771) was a French philosopher and litterateur

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Genius is nothing but continued attention.
There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors....But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity.
To limit the press is to insult a nation to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.

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