I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Libertarians] in the US that thinks Americans are not yet selfish enough.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSEven 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.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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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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We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.
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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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The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.
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Human beings are pattern-seeking animals who will prefer even a bad theory or a conspiracy theory to no theory at all.
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If you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, that means you don’t think the Islamic Republic of Iran or North Korea or the Taliban is as bad.
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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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Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.
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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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How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.
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I’m not afraid of being dead, that’s to say there’s nothing to be afraid of. I won’t know I’m dead, would be my strong conviction. And if I find that I’m alive in any way at all, that’ll be a pleasant surprise. I quite like surprises.
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I say that homosexuality is not just a form of sex, it’s a form of love, and it deserves our respect for that reason.
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Endless praise and adoration, limitless abnegation and abjection of self; a celestial North Korea.
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Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an agonising and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, ‘Well, good on you. See you there.’
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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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