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 HITCHENSNever 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.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
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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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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
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Skepticism rather than credulity is the highest principle that the human intellect can use to ennoble our existence.
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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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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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It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge.
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Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife.
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I leave it to the faithful to burn each other’s churches and mosques and synagogues, which they can be always relied upon to do.
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Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of ‘the flock.
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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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The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.
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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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The finest fury is the most controlled.
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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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