I want to urge you very strongly to travel as much as you can, and to evolve yourself as an internationalist. It's as important a part of your education as a radical as the reading of any book.
Christopher HitchensThe trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both.
Christopher HitchensMockery of religion is one of the most essential things... one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority.
Christopher HitchensMany religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse.
Christopher Hitchens