Citation attribuée à Voltaire, extraite de ses écrits philosophiques sur l'unité du genre humain et la critique des préjugés raciaux, probablement du 'Dictionnaire philosophique' ou des 'Lettres philosophiques'.
"Since men originate from different points of the globe, they did not all come from a single man, but they are nonetheless brothers, having only one author, which is the sun, and the same mother, which is the earth."