The noble title of “dissident” must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSHigh moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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Even if I accepted that Jesus – like almost every other prophet on record – was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected.
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She’s got no charisma of any kind [but] I can imagine her being mildly useful to a low-rank porn director.
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The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.
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Skepticism rather than credulity is the highest principle that the human intellect can use to ennoble our existence.
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Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of ‘the flock.
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The governor of Texas, who, when asked if the Bible should also be taught in Spanish, replied that ‘if English was good enough for Jesus, then it’s good enough for me.
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I’m not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful.
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The easiest way to establish a dictatorship is to claim you are God’s representative on earth.
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I don’t think it’s possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.
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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 foulness of theocracy. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Azar Nafisi as their ideal feminine model.
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No one has the right to tell me what to do because he has a divine warrant.
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The search for Nirvana, like the search for Utopia or the end of history or the classless society, is ultimately a futile and dangerous one. It involves, if it does not necessitate, the sleep of reason. There is no escape from anxiety and struggle.
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I have no time to waste on this planet being told what to do by those who think that God has given them instructions.
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Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.
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No school of philosophy has ever solved this question of whether being determines consciousness or the other way around. It may be a false antithesis.
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