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If the Qur’an was the word of God, it had been dictated on a very bad day.

Christopher Hitchens

Religion is not the belief there is a god. Religion is the belief god tells you what to do.
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Belief God Religion Yourself
What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
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Evidence Information
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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Astronomy End Philosophy Place Religion
Arguments that explain everything explain nothing.
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Argument Explanation
To remember friendship is to recall those conversations that it seemed a sin to break off.
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Break Off Conversation Friendship Remember Sin
I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light.
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Burn Candle End Light Love Myself
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.
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Information Journalism Myself News People Thinking
So there’s nothing more vulgar than the sound of someone saying, God Bless America, someone who doesn’t really believe it, but he thinks it will make him look good to other people. I think it’s the most nauseating spectacle.
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Appearance Believe Myself Sound Talk Thinking
Today I want to puke when I hear the word ‘radical’ applied so slothfully and stupidly to Islamist murderers; the most plainly reactionary people in the world.
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Islam Murder Radical Reaction World
No one has the right to tell me what to do because he has a divine warrant.
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Divine Himself Oneself Right
I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.
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Hate Myself Religion World
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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Election Oneself People Run Time
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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Attitude Enough Myself Opinion Place Time Validation
I’m a member of no party. I have no ideology. I’m a rationalist. I do what I can in the international struggle between science and reason and the barbarism, superstition and stupidity that’s all around us.
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Member Myself Party Science Struggle
We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.
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Enough Life Live Time
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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Enough Goodness Government Myself Religion

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