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> [The reading public isn't born that doesn't think foreigners are either funny or faintly sinister.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/the-reading-public-isn-t-born-that-doesn-t-think-foreigners-are/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [“Normally, anything done in the name of 'the kids' strikes me as either slightly sentimental or faintly sinister—that redolence of moral blackmail that adheres to certain charitable appeals and certain kinds of politician. (Not for nothing is baby-kissing the synonym…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/normally-anything-done-in-the-name-of-the-kids-strikes-me-as-either/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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