Can you provide an attribution for that quotation?
(For my own reasons, I hope you don’t claim Voltaire said it ...)
The quote is from that other philosopher, Neil Peart.
The song is called “Witch Hunt”. Written with the Ku Klux Klan and right wing book ban types in mind I’m sure (left wing liberal that he was and the other lyrics in the song), but apropo to any type of mob and big government mentality.
Live version in case you’re interested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9iRIvTSbps
He might have borrowed the line from Voltaire. Their last song on their last album borrowed heavily from Voltaire.