Reason Quotes by Christopher Hitchens

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

— Christopher Hitchens

If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite…

— Christopher Hitchens

There is no reason at all why there aren't enough people to guard New Orleans and to help stabilise Baghdad.

— Christopher Hitchens

I say that homosexuality is not just a form of sex, it's a form of love, and it deserves our respect for…

— Christopher Hitchens

The search for Nirvana, like the search for Utopia or the end of history or the classless society, is ultimately a futile…

— Christopher Hitchens

The first thing I can remember I ever wanted was to go to the United States. And for reasons that are as…

— Christopher Hitchens

Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe…

— Christopher Hitchens

“We may not be, as we used to boast, the only ones who can deploy vocal communication for sheer pleasure and recreation,…

— Christopher Hitchens

The rich world likes and wishes to believe that someone, somewhere, is doing something for the Third World. For this reason, it…

— Christopher Hitchens

Haven't we all heard some irritating person saying that if so-and-so is elected, then he/she is absolutely definitely leaving the country? There…

— Christopher Hitchens

The atheist proposition is the following - most of the time - it may not be said that there is no god;…

— Christopher Hitchens

One of the reasons I decided to apply for American citizenship after something like a quarter of century of living here on…

— Christopher Hitchens

Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because…

— Christopher Hitchens

For some reason, which I believe I can guess, the churches/mosques want control of people when or while they are the most…

— Christopher Hitchens

There is a reason for the affected profession of " anarchist sympathies" among Tories and grandees, and of " libertarian principles" by…

— Christopher Hitchens

In one was, I suppose, I have been "in denial" for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding…

— Christopher Hitchens

American author Mark Twain, while viewed as liberal and non-judgmental, did at times demonstrate both these characteristics. While his reasons for detesting…

— Christopher Hitchens

People who think with their epidermis or their genitalia or their clan are the problem to begin with. One does not banish…

— Christopher Hitchens

“And here is the point, about myself and my co-thinkers. Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith.…

— Christopher Hitchens

“So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the hard-won principles of…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Let's say that the consensus is that our species, being the higher primates, Homo Sapiens, has been on the planet for at…

— Christopher Hitchens

I'm a member of no party. I have no ideology. I'm a rationalist. I do what I can in the international struggle…

— Christopher Hitchens

A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll…

— Christopher Hitchens

Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by…

— Christopher Hitchens

I suppose that one reason I have always detested religion is its sly tendency to insinuate the idea that the universe is…

— Christopher Hitchens

The whole reason for the success of Dr. King's civil-rights movement was that it was not a movement for itself. The civil-rights…

— Christopher Hitchens

Faith is the surrender of the mind; it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us…

— Christopher Hitchens

In an average day, you may well be confronted with some species of bullying or bigotry, or some ill-phrased appeal to the…

— Christopher Hitchens