Will an Iraq war make our Al Qaeda problem worse? Not likely. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I am sorry for those who have never had the experience of seeing the victory of a national liberation movement, and I… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Some peaceniks clear their throats by saying that, of course, they oppose Saddam Hussein as much as anybody, though not enough to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“ Who are your favorite heroines in real life? The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Suddenly that it was as dangerous to be in America as it was to be overseas. So that the false distinction that's… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
But you'll notice, you will notice that Russia and China, invariably at the United Nations, move to block American action, to repress… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I'm quite convinced in my own mind that those who were arguing that [the need to intervene in Iraq] was a more… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
[Today's left] would have left us with Slobodan Milosevic in power, Bosnia ethnically cleansed, Kosovo part of Greater Serbia, Afghanistan under the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“If the Bahreini royal family can have an embassy, a state, and a seat at the UN, why should the twenty-five million… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The Iraqi Baath Socialist Party was modelled in large part on admiration for European National Socialist and Fascist movements, hoped to emulate… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as 'evil.' Every liberal and leftist knows how to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“As he grew older, which was mostly in my absence, my firstborn son, Alexander, became ever more humorous and courageous. There came… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“During the Senate debate on the intervention in Iraq, Sen. Clinton made considerable use of her background and 'experience' to argue that,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Shrouded as he was for a decade in an apparent cloak of anonymity and obscurity, Osama bin Laden was by no means… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“So I close this long reflection on what I hope is a not-too-quaveringly semi-Semitic note. When I am at home, I will… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“1. Bangladesh… In 1971 ... Kissinger overrode all advice in order to support the Pakistani generals in both their civilian massacre policy… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Yet isn't it all—all of it, every single episode and detail of the Clinton saga—exactly like that? And isn't some of it… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I was taken to a villa to meet Sabri al-Banna, known as 'Abu Nidal' ('father of struggle'), who was at the time… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Rolf Ekeus came round to my apartment one day and showed me the name of the Iraqi diplomat who had visited the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“You might think that the Left could have a regime-change perspective of its own, based on solidarity with its comrades abroad. After… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“So, whenever the subject of Iraq came up, as it did keep on doing through the Clinton years, I had no excuse… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I resolutely refuse to believe that the state of Edward's health had anything to do with this, and I don't say this… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The spirit of our accurate and exact philosophy is outraged by conclusions that contradict each other so glaringly.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
“Many governments employ torture but this was the first time that the element of Saturnalia and pornography in the process had been made so… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
“In the very recent past, we have seen the Church of Rome befouled by its complicity with the unpardonable sin of child rape, or,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
Suppose there were groups of secularists at hospitals who went round the terminally ill and urged them to adopt atheism: 'Don't be a mug… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or who have… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
“It isn’t so long since a test of Anglican orthodoxy was applied to anyone seeking to study or teach at Oxford and Cambridge universities.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by godly men… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
It's much worse to see a woman drunk than a man: I don't know quite why this is true but it just is. Don't… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
It's true that obscenity is a matter of taste and in the eye of the beholder. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
Writing is what's important to me, and anything that helps me do that - or enhances and prolongs and deepens and sometimes intensifies argument… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share
![“I'm quite convinced in my own mind that those who were arguing that [the need to intervene in Iraq] was a more immediate one than some believed - were I'm sure convinced that they were right on fact, I don't think they were making it up. So as to lying, I don't think it has been established that…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f8f/christopher-hitchens-117_arguing_i-m-quite-convinced-in-my-own-mind-that_3041487.jpg)
![“[Today's left] would have left us with Slobodan Milosevic in power, Bosnia ethnically cleansed, Kosovo part of Greater Serbia, Afghanistan under the Taliban, and Iraq the property of a psychopathic crime family. Now, I'm sorry to say, I've no patience with that leftist mentality anymore.” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/46d/christopher-hitchens-117_afghanistan_today-s-left-would-have-left-us-with-slo_2414808.jpg)
