Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet (1694 – 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, and philosopher known for his wit, philosophical sport, and defense of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade.

Voltaire's quotes were mentioned by Custis Cawthorne at a meeting of the Atlantean Assembly in its capital in New Hastings soon after the outbreak of the Atlantean War of Independence. In response, Michel du Guesclin, a Frenchman from the south of Atlantis, told Cawthorne to never mention Voltaire's name in his presence again, for Voltaire didn't mesh well with the Catholic Church.