Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.
Christopher HitchensThe thing about religion is that it's the first and the worst. The worst because it's the first.
Christopher HitchensI could not possibly improve on the sentiment, but I don't think it ought to depend on the current austerities. Isn't Christmas a moral and aesthetic nightmare whether or not the days are prosperous?
Christopher HitchensThere are two clocks ticking in Iran. One is the democracy movement clock which is ticking now faster than it was but it's got a lot of catching up to do. And then there's the clock that's ticking towards a nuclear weaponry.
Christopher HitchensCancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic.
Christopher HitchensIn the early days of the December that my father was to die, my younger brother brought me the news that I was a Jew. I was then a transplanted Englishman in America, married, with one son and, though unconsoled by any religion, a nonbelieving member of two Christian churches. On hearing the tidings, I was pleased to find that I was pleased.
Christopher Hitchens