“When the Washington Post telephoned me at home on Valentine's Day 1989 to ask my opinion about the Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwah ,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I defend Salman Rushdie because it a matter of everything I hated versus everything I loved. In the hate column: dictatorship, religion,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It [defending Salmon Rushdie] was, if I can phrase it like this, a matter of everything I hated versus everything I loved.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
![“It [defending Salmon Rushdie] was, if I can phrase it like this, a matter of everything I hated versus everything I loved. In the hate column: dictatorship, religion, stupidity, demagogy, censorship, bullying and intimidation. In the love column: literature, irony, humor, the individual and the…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9d8/christopher-hitchens-117_bullying_it-defending-salmon-rushdie-was-if-i-can_1912195.jpg)