History Quotes by Christopher Hitchens
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Christopher Hitchens calls history a tragedy rather than a lesson. He notes that people in power often stir up resentment to stay in control. He also says the materialist view of history shows how ideas and class shape events, and that searching for a perfect future can be dangerous.
![“I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of god. Yet this is precisely the qualification which the godly must claim—so modestly and so humbly—to possess. It is time to withdraw our 'respect' from such fantastic claims…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b21/christopher-hitchens-117_atheism_i-have-met-some-highly-intelligent-belie_3215841.jpg)
![“[R]eligion was the race's first (and worst) attempt to make sense of reality. It was the best the species could do at a time when we had no concept of physics, chemistry, biology or medicine. We did not know that we lived on a round planet, let alone that the said planet was in orbit in a minor…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/christopher-hitchens-117_digestive-system_r-eligion-was-the-race-s-first-and-worst_1384906.jpg)
![“[O]ne has to have endured a few decades before wanting, let alone needing, to embark on the project of recovering lost life. And I think it may be possible to review 'the chronicles of wasted time.' William Morris wrote in The Dream of John Ball that men fight for things and then lose the battle…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/christopher-hitchens-117_age_o-ne-has-to-have-endured-a-few-decades-b_1102939.jpg)
