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I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.

From Christopher Hitchens

I felt Clinton represented the worst of the 1960s.

From Christopher Hitchens

Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers.

From Christopher Hitchens

One of the many problems with the American left has been its image as something rather too solemn, mirthless, herbivorous, dull, monochrome, righteous, and boring.

From Christopher Hitchens

I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, 'He is not a lush.' That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, 'Look!'

From Christopher Hitchens

I took part in what was actually the last eruption of Marxist internationalism.

From Christopher Hitchens

The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.

From Christopher Hitchens

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

From Christopher Hitchens

I retain what's interesting to me, but I don't have a lot of strategic depth.

From Christopher Hitchens

The term 'the American Left' is as near to being meaningless or nonsensical as any term could really be in politics. It isn't really a force in politics anymore. And it would do well to ask itself why that is.

From Christopher Hitchens

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