American Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“The spirit of our accurate and exact philosophy is outraged by conclusions that contradict each other so glaringly.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“Many governments employ torture but this was the first time that the element of Saturnalia and pornography in the process had been made so…

— Christopher Hitchens

It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them…

— Christopher Hitchens

To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning.

— Christopher Hitchens

[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we…

— Christopher Hitchens

“In the very recent past, we have seen the Church of Rome befouled by its complicity with the unpardonable sin of child rape, or,…

— Christopher Hitchens

It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends.

— Christopher Hitchens

Suppose there were groups of secularists at hospitals who went round the terminally ill and urged them to adopt atheism: 'Don't be a mug…

— Christopher Hitchens

There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or who have…

— Christopher Hitchens

“It isn’t so long since a test of Anglican orthodoxy was applied to anyone seeking to study or teach at Oxford and Cambridge universities.…

— Christopher Hitchens

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

— Christopher Hitchens

It's much worse to see a woman drunk than a man: I don't know quite why this is true but it just is. Don't…

— Christopher Hitchens