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Those of us who are most genuinely repelled by war and violence are also those who are most likely to decide that some things, after all, are worth fighting for.Christopher Hitchens
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Control over the production and distribution of oil is the decisive factor in defining who rules whom in the Middle East.Christopher Hitchens
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Sarah Palin appears to have no testable core conviction except the belief (which none of her defenders denies that she holds, or at least has held and not yet repudiated) that the end of days and the Second Coming will occur in her lifetime. This completes the already strong case for allowing her to pass the rest of her natural life span as a private citizen.Christopher Hitchens
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The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the voters who believe them.Christopher Hitchens
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The whole point about corruption in politics is that it can't be done, or done properly, without a bipartisan consensus.Christopher Hitchens
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You don't say 'they all do it' unless you know you've been doing it too.Christopher Hitchens
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Normally, anything done in the name of 'the kids' strikes me as either slightly sentimental or faintly sinister–that redolence of moral blackmail that adheres to certain charitable appeals and certain kinds of politician. (Not for nothing is baby-kissing the synonym for public insincerity.)Christopher Hitchens
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The point of protesting about 'moral equivalence' is surely not to blur moral choices on ‘our side’. Is it?Christopher Hitchens