Answer;
Life is short, nasty, and "brutish".
This was not a belief of Voltaire.
Explanation;
Voltaire did not believe in any single religion, and also he never believe that one was needed to believe in God.
He was very much interested in the natural was that were underlying in all religions. Like most of Enlightenment thinkers, Voltaire considered himself a deist.
Public policy in the United States is shaped by a wide variety of forces, from polls and election results to interest groups and institutions, both formal and informal. In addition to political parties, the influence of diverse and sometimes antagonistic political forces has been widely acknowledged by policymakers and evidenced by scholars, and journalists. In recent years concerns have been growing that deep-pocketed donors now play an unprecedented role in American politics — concerns supported by 2013 research from Harvard and the University of Sydney that found that for election integrity, the U.S. ranked 26th out of 66 countries analyzed.
The question of who shapes public policies and under what conditions is a critical one, particularly in the context of declining voter turnout. From both a theoretical and practical point of view, it is important to understand if voters still have the possibility of providing meaningful input into public policies, or if the government bypasses citizens in favor of economic elites and interest groups with strong fundraising and organizational capacity.
Dorothea Dix help expaned and founded more than 30 hospitals within a period of 15 years. She did this and educated people about mental illnesses and the possibility if recovery for most patients.
