Christopher Hitchens

I retain what's interesting to me, but I don't have a lot of strategic depth. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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Nothing could make me forget what the Reagan years had actually been like. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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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.' ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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One of the many problems with the American left has been its image as something rather too solemn, mirthless, herbivorous, dull, monochrome, righteous, and boring. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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All the time, I've felt that life is a wager and that I probably was getting more out of leading a bohemian existence as a writer than I would have if I didn't. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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