I became a journalist because I didn’t want to have to rely on the press for information… I only read it to make sure of whatever everyone else thinks is going on, because it’s useful to know what people think is the news.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSThe noble title of “dissident” must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
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To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation – is that good for the world?
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We have lived in a world where the discoveries of physics and genetics are far more awe-inspiring, as well as infinitely more liberating, than the claims of any religion.
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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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Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.
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Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.
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We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.
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One of the most repellent spectacles at election times is the pretense of piety on the part of people running for office.
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My own opinion is enough for me. And I claim the right to defend it against any consensus, any majority anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line and kiss my ass.
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Endless praise and adoration, limitless abnegation and abjection of self; a celestial North Korea.
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The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
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It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge.
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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 finest fury is the most controlled.
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I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light.
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