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Originally Posted by bacon_masta
i don't remember who said this, some famous person (identify if you know, and can give the exact quote) but it went something like this..."i'll disagree with your opinion until death, but i'll also defend your right to have it until death." no, i don't mourn his passing, he may have deserved more, but this is the land of the free. i am not a racist, i don't even believe in the concept of "race", but based on constitutional rights he did what was legal and even encouraged in this country. we need less intolerance, and we need fewer people like Richard Butler, but just because he was wrong doesn't mean he didn't have a right to be.
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It generally is phrased along the lines of "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." and is usually said to come from Voltaire. I have always heard it comes from a book called "The Friends of Voltaire" (by some lady) - don't have time to google it right now, shouldn't be too hard to find though - who was basically trying to come up with something to really catch the essence of Voltaire.
Anyway, Voltaire is not supposed to have ever actually ever said it, and it never appears in any of the surviving writings. Sorry, but that's the best answer I can give you.