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March
20, 1997
one
said, long ago,
words
to the effect
“I
do not believe that what you say is true,
but
I will defend to my death your right to say it.”
I
do not
I
am willing to learn
I
am willing to change
I
am willing to understand
I
am even willing to give my life
that
others may see my God
and
seeing Him believe
I
am not willing to give my life
that
those who deny my God
may
go on doing so
At
least, I would like to think that I am willing.
The
poem is based on a corruption of Voltaire:
“I
detest what you write, but I would give my life
to make it possible for you to continue to write.”