If I convert it's because it's better that a believer dies than that an atheist does.
Christopher HitchensI think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred and contempt, and I claim that right.
Christopher HitchensIt's a curious thing in American life that the most abject nonsense will be excused if the utterer can claim the sanction of religion. A country which forbids an established church by law is prey to any denomination. The best that can be said is that this is pluralism of a kind.
Christopher HitchensTotalitarian is a clichรฉ, dictatorship is based on clichรฉd thinking, on very tried and tested uniform stuff. They don't mind that they're boring, they don't mind that they're obvious, their point is made.
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