Christopher Hitchens Quotes About Hatred

Quotes about: Hatred

• I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Hatred, Religion, Atheism

• I think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred and contempt, and I claim that right.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Thinking, Hatred, Claims

  "What Evangelicals and Atheists Have in Common" by Skye Jethani, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 23, 2010.

• Hannah Arendt in her study of totalitarianism borrowed from Immanuel Kant the concept of radical evil, of evil that's so evil that in the end it destroys itself, it's so committed to evil and it's so committed to hatred and cruelty that it becomes suicidal. My definition of it is the surplus value that's generated by totalitarianism. It means you do more violence, more cruelty than you absolutely have to to stay in power.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Suicidal, Mean, Evil

  Source: www.abc.net.au

• For a lot of people, their first love is what they'll always remember. For me it's always been the first hate, and I think that hatred, though it provides often rather junky energy, is a terrific way of getting you out of bed in the morning and keeping you going.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Morning, Hate, First Love

  "'For the Sake of Argument' by Christopher Hitchens". "Booknotes" with Brian Lamb, October 17, 1993.

• Religion has been an enormous multiplier of tribal suspicion and hatred.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Hatred, Enormous, Suspicion

  Christopher Hitchens (2011). “God is Not Great”, p.30, Atlantic Books Ltd

• I can never quite decide whether the anti-Columbus movement is merely risible or faintly sinister. It is sinister, though, because it is an ignorant celebration of stasis and backwardness, with an unpleasant tinge of self-hatred.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Self, Hatred, Ignorant

  "Minority Report". The Nation, October 19, 1992.

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