"Terrorism" is a metaphor, it's an abstract noun. It's like having a war on dandruff. It's something from advertising, it's meaningless.

Those who have not undergone minor disasters are usually being held in reserve for something major

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.

It is ironic that a nation that has never experienced a coup d'etat should be so obsessed with the idea of conspiracy.

Liberal comes from the Latin liberalis, which means pertaining to a free man. In politics, to be liberal is to want to extend democracy through change and reform. One can see why that word had to be erased from our political lexicon.

At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice.

I have been asked whether I wish to nominate a successor, an inheritor, a dauphin or delfino. I have decided to name Christopher Hitchens.