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Thing Quotes by Christopher Hitchens
- Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and show that they are man…
- If waterboarding does not constitute torture, then there is no such thing as torture.
- No, nothing is sacred. And even if there were to be something called sacred, we mere primates wouldn't be able to decide which book or…
- I apply the Abraham Lincoln test for moral casuistry: 'If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.' Well, then, if waterboarding does not constitute torture,…
- There is no such thing as closure, and it wouldn't be worth having if it were available, because all it would mean is that something…
- No moral person would do such a thing unless they thought it was divinely warranted.
- Chemotherapy isn't good for you. So when you feel bad, as I am feeling now, you think, 'Well that is a good thing because it's…
- I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows there's no such thing…
- It's considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don't see why…
- The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity,…
- The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.
- [I]f you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, that means you don't think the…
- 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…
- Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other…
- A point, like a joke, is a terrible thing to miss.
- It's probably a merciful thing that pain is impossible to describe from memory
- 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 must be some…
- If I could do just one thing, it would be to dissociate faith from virtue, now and for good, and to expose it for what…
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