1,197 Quotes by Christopher Hitchens

I wanted to write.

I like surprises.

Perhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification.

The problem with open-mindedness is that it can become empty-mindedness.

Capital punishment strikes directly at democracy and due process. It can't be coincidence that it is used most frequently in countries that consider the citizen to be the property of the state.

My case against capital punishment is simply this: The state does not have the right to decide life and death questions.

There are those of us who do not choose to live in some huge, wholesome happycamper Disneyland hygiene and pumped-up enthusiasm.

No serious person is without contradictions. The test lies in the willingness or ability to recognize and confront them.

If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, it's a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women