Christopher Hitchens Quotes

626 quotes · Author, Critic, Journalist

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Christopher Hitchens Quotes

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Christopher Hitchens

Author, Critic, Journalist

Angry

“A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.”

Memories Liars Remarkable

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Christopher Hitchens

Author, Critic, Journalist

Spiritual

“In the grip of a neurological disorder, I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them.”

World Disorder Losing Control

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Curious

“I don't even like showing my stuff to publishers and editors much.”

Stuff Editors

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Philosophical

“You can only have one aim per debate.”

Debate Aim

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Funny

“Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars.”

Mars Alarms Invasion

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Angry

“Ronald Reagan said that he sought a "Star Wars" defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R.”

War Stars Technology

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Angry

“"Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age" was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant's thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed OUT of the Stone Age.”

Doe Age Stones

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Philosophical

“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 reports of frightened and illiterate peasants who claim to have seen miracles or to have had encounters with messiahs and prophets and redeemers who were, like them, mere humans. And this is also why we will never submit to dictation from those who display a fanatical belief in certainty and revelation.”

Writing Hands Atheist

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Philosophical

“The faithful believe that certain truths have been 'revealed.' The skeptics and secularists believe that truth is only to be sought by free inquiry and trial and error. Only one of those positions is dogmatic.”

Believe Errors Faithful

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Regretful

“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 it is, a servile weakness, a refuge in cowardice, and a willingness to follow, with credulity, people who are in the highest degree unscrupulous.”

People Religion Degrees

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Philosophical

“The atheist proposition is the following - most of the time - it may not be said that there is no god; it may be said that there is no reason to think that there is one.”

Thinking May Atheist

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Philosophical

“I leave it to the faithful to burn each other's churches and mosques and synagogues, which they can be always relied upon to do”

Church Faithful Mosques

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