United states Quotes by Christopher Hitchens
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Christopher Hitchens examines the United States from many angles. He compares its culture to neighboring Canada, notes its mix of isolation and global intervention, and points out the paradox of being both conservative and revolutionary. He also comments on the rise of celebrity over notoriety.
![“I can see why people find him [Hugo Chávez] charming. He's very ebullient, as they say. I've heard him make a speech, though, and he has a vice that's always very well worth noticing because it's always a bad sign: he doesn't know when to sit down. He's worse than Castro was. He won't shut up…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/christopher-hitchens-117_9-11-conspiracy-theo_i-can-see-why-people-find-him-hugo-ch-ve_1701269.jpg)
![“[ Said during a debate when his opponent asserted that atheism and belief in evolution lead to Nazism :] Atheism by itself is, of course, not a moral position or a political one of any kind; it simply is the refusal to believe in a supernatural dimension. For you to say of Nazism that it was the…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbe/christopher-hitchens-117_adolf-hitler_said-during-a-debate-when-his-opponent-a_991808.jpg)
![“Pettiness often leads both to error and to the digging of a trap for oneself. Wondering (which I am sure he didn't) 'if by the 1990s [Hitchens] was morphing into someone I didn’t quite recognize”, Blumenthal recalls with horror the night that I 'gave' a farewell party for Martin Walker of the…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/christopher-hitchens-117_1990s_pettiness-often-leads-both-to-error-and_2898661.jpg)
