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Claim Quotes by Christopher Hitchens
- 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…
- The role of dissident is not, and should not be, a claim of membership in a communion of saints. In other words, the more fallible…
- I think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred, and contempt, and I claim that right.
- 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…
- Those of us who write and study history are accustomed to its approximations and ambiguities. This is why we do not take literally the tenth-hand…
- What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.
- It's a curious thing in American life that the most abject nonsense will be excused if the utterer can claim the sanction of religion. A…
- Our weapons are the ironic mind against the literal: the open mind against the credulous; the courageous pursuit of truth against the fearful and abject…
- I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to the…
- The easiest way to establish a dictatorship is to claim you are God's representative on earth.
More Claim Quotes
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are… — Isaac Asimov
- There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader… — Michelle Bachelet
- It's always seemed odd to me that after a group of terrorists commits a vile and odious deed they rush messages to… — Russell Baker
- Both the Democratic and Republican parties are bought and paid for by corporate America and cater to the needs of the highest… — Roseanne Barr
- What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of… — Roland Barthes
- The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest… — Bob Beauprez
- It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality. — Max Beerbohm
- The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Every time I'm in Canada I feel more Swedish, and every time I'm in Sweden I feel more Canadian. I belong in… — Malin Akerman
- Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are… — William F. Buckley, Jr.