USA Today rated the claim “Voltaire said, 'If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize'” False.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
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Captured 2026-08-15 from USA Today. The archived copy is preserved so this citation survives link rot.