What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSMy 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.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.
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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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The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.
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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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There is no such thing as closure, and it wouldn’t be worth having if it were available, because all it would mean is that something that was quite an important part of you had gone numb.
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The finest fury is the most controlled.
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Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. It then asks us to respect this, which it calls faith.
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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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Of course we have free will because we have no choice but to have it.
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Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way.
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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
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If the Qur’an was the word of God, it had been dictated on a very bad day.
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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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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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To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation – is that good for the world?
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