The secular state is the guarantee of religious pluralism. This apparent paradox, again, is the simplest and most elegant of political truths.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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The secular state is the guarantee of religious pluralism. This apparent paradox, again, is the simplest and most elegant of political truths.
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I sympathize afresh with the mighty Voltaire who, when badgered on his deathbed and urged to renounce the devil, murmured that this was no time to be making enemies.
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Those who are determined to be ‘offended’ will discover a provocation somewhere. We cannot possibly adjust enough to please the fanatics, and it is degrading to make the attempt.
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If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world.
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Your favorite virtue? An appreciation for irony.
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In the ordinary moral universe, the good will do the best they can, the worst will do the worst they can, but if you want to make good people do wicked things, you’ll need religion.
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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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Those who want to be offended don’t have the right to try and close down the newspaper that offends them.
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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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The gods that we’ve made are exactly the gods you’d expect to be made by a species that’s about half a chromosome away from being chimpanzee.
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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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Arguments that explain everything explain nothing.
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Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of ‘the flock.
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The finest fury is the most controlled.
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Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, religion no longer offers an explanation for anything important.
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