All Christopher Hitchens Quotes
- MT [Mother Teresa] was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God.… Compulsory
- My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any… Any
- How do I know that I know this, except that I've always been taught this and never heard anything else? How sure am I of… Anything Else
- Those who had alleged that a million civilians were dying from sanctions were willing, nay eager, to keep those same murderous sanctions if it meant… Alleged
- Where would you like to live? In a state of conflict or a conflicted state? Conflict
- Cluster bombs are perhaps not good in themselves, but when they are dropped on identifiable concentrations of Taliban troops, they do have a heartening effect. Bombs
- Islam makes very large claims for itself. In its art, there is a prejudice against representing the human form at all. The prohibition on picturing… Absolute
- Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what their prophets or redeemers or gurus actually said or did. Actually Said
- Europeans think Americans are fat, vulgar, greedy, stupid, ambitious and ignorant and so on. And they've taken as their own, as their representative American, someone… Actually Embodies
- One must state it plainly. Religion comes from the period of human pre-history where nobody - not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all… All
- It’s considered perfectly normal in this society to approach dying people who you don’t know but who are unbelievers and say, ‘Now are you gonna… Approach
- Endless praise and adoration, limitless abnegation and abjection of self; a celestial North Korea. Abjection
- The best blended Scotch in the history of the world - which was also the favourite drink of the Iraqi Baath Party, as it still… Accept
- Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife. Country
- The one unforgivable sin is to be boring. Boring
- If waterboarding does not constitute torture, then there is no such thing as torture. Constitute
- Who are your favourite heroines in real life? The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their beauty to defy the… Afghanistan
- I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light. Both
- Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for… Argument
- The mildest criticism of religion is also the most radical and the most devastating one. Religion is man-made. Criticism