TOP 30 Christopher Hitchens Quotes

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TOP 30 Christopher Hitchens Quotes.

“Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.”
— Christopher Hitchens (00:00)

“What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.”
— Christopher Hitchens (00:07)

“Take the risk of thinking for yourself.”
— Christopher Hitchens (00:14)

“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”
— Christopher Hitchens (00:21)

“There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument.”
— Christopher Hitchens (00:28)

“Religion is not the belief there is a god. Religion is the belief god tells you what to do.”
— Christopher Hitchens (00:35)

“Morality comes from humanism and is stolen by religion for its own purposes.”
— Christopher Hitchens (00:42)

“I am, I hope, never offensive by accident.”
— Christopher Hitchens (00:49)

“Don’t take refuge in the false security of consensus.”
— Christopher Hitchens (00:56)

“Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.”
— Christopher Hitchens (01:03)

“Exceptional claims, require exceptional evidence.”
— Christopher Hitchens (01:10)

“The one unforgivable sin is to be boring.”
— Christopher Hitchens (01:17)

“I don’t have a body, I am a body.”
— Christopher Hitchens (01:24)

“The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right.”
— Christopher Hitchens (01:31)

“It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge.”
— Christopher Hitchens (01:38)

“Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. It then asks us to respect this, which it calls faith.”
— Christopher Hitchens (01:45)

“There can be no progress without head-on confrontation.”
— Christopher Hitchens (01:52)

“Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.”
— Christopher Hitchens (01:59)

“The search for Nirvana, like the search for Utopia or the end of history or the classless society, is ultimately a futile and dangerous one. It involves, if it does not necessitate, the sleep of reason. There is no escape from anxiety and struggle.”
— Christopher Hitchens (02:06)

“Forgotten were the elementary rules of logic, that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and that what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.”
— Christopher Hitchens (02:13)

“To the dumb question, ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, ‘Why not?’”
— Christopher Hitchens (02:20)

“The beauty of science hugely outranks the charms of superstition.”
— Christopher Hitchens (02:27)

“My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line, and kiss my ass.”
— Christopher Hitchens (02:34)

“Name a moral statement or action, uttered or performed by a religious person that could not have been uttered or performed by an unbeliever.”
— Christopher Hitchens (02:41)

“I appear as a skeptic, who believes that doubt is the great engine, the great fuel of all inquiry, all discovery and all innovation.”
— Christopher Hitchens (02:48)

“I think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred, and contempt, and I claim that right.”
— Christopher Hitchens (02:55)

“Once you assume a creator and a plan, it makes us objects in a cruel experiment whereby we are created sick and commanded to be well.”
— Christopher Hitchens (03:02)

“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 Hitchens (03:09)

“I have no time to waste on this planet being told what to do by those who think that God has given them instructions.”
— Christopher Hitchens (03:16)

“If someone tells me that I’ve hurt their feelings I’m still waiting to hear what your point is.”
— Christopher Hitchens (03:23)

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