“Many governments employ torture but this was the first time that the element of Saturnalia and pornography in the process had been… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Every now and then I will see a word as if for the first time, and suddenly appreciate that Evian is 'naive'… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The realization that American power could and should be used for the defense of pluralism and as a punishment for fascism came… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Attempts to locate oneself within history are as natural, and as absurd, as attempts to locate oneself within astronomy. On the day… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“People spoke to foreigners with an averted gaze, and everybody seemed to know somebody who had just vanished. The rumors of what… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Not long ago, having expressed some disagreements in print with an old comrade of long standing, I was sent a response that… — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
[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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“People spoke to foreigners with an averted gaze, and everybody seemed to know somebody who had just vanished. The rumors of what had happened to them were fantastic and bizarre though, as it turned out, they were only an understatement of the real thing. Before going to see General Videla […], I…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/744/christopher-hitchens-117_argentina_people-spoke-to-foreigners-with-an-avert_1579094.jpg)
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