The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.

The easiest way to establish a dictatorship is to claim you are God's representative on earth.

Judaism is not just one more religion, but in its way the root of religious evil

A celebrity is well known for being well known. I'm relatively well known - but for what I've written and said, or so I fondly imagine.

In modern Greek history, there is a close relationship between national humiliation and political radicalization.

Friends call me Hitch. Maybe it can be turned into a 900-phone number. People would pay to talk to me.

Those who had alleged that a million civilians were dying from sanctions were willing, nay eager, to keep those same murderous sanctions if it meant preserving Saddam!