Citations de Christopher Hitchens

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Do not live for others any more than you would expect others to live for you.
 
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.
 
The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
 
To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?
 
Terrorizzare i bambini con l'immagine dell'inferno, considerare la donna una creatura inferiore: è cosa buona per l'umanità?
 
We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid.
 
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