The faithful believe that certain truths have been ‘revealed.’ The skeptics and secularists believe that truth is only to be sought by free inquiry and trial and error. Only one of those positions is dogmatic.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSI learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
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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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Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife.
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Arguments that explain everything explain nothing.
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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
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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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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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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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To remember friendship is to recall those conversations that it seemed a sin to break off.
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The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.
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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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Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return.
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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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The search for Nirvana, like the search for Utopia or the end of history or the classless society, is ultimately a futile and dangerous one. It involves, if it does not necessitate, the sleep of reason. There is no escape from anxiety and struggle.
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What do you most value in your friends? Their continued existence.
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