Quote by Christopher Hitchens
A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative. – Christopher Hitchens

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Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instants thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age. – Christopher Hitchens

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Age
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WASP is the only ethnic term that is in fact a term of class, apart from redneck, which is another word for the same group but who are in the lower social strata, so its inexplicably tied up with social standing and culture and history in a way that the other hyphenations just are not. – Christopher Hitchens

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History
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Well, we cant say any more than we can say there is no god, there is no afterlife. We can only say there is no persuasive evidence for or argument for it. – Christopher Hitchens

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God
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I saw clearly that war was upon us when I learned that my young men had been secretly buying ammunition. – Chief Joseph

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My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we havent improved Australias security but created a greater danger at home and abroad. – Bob Hawke

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War

We often give our enemies the means to our own destruction. – Aesop

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War

I think Im just someone that just tries to get by. Im kind of – if it was during the Second World War, Id be a black marketeer, I think. – Craig Ferguson

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War

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I dont think a director should have any kids. I dont even think its good for your physical health. Even guys in their 30s look exhausted because directors never get enough sleep. What I do is stressful enough. – Tom Berenger

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Love knows not distance it hath no continent its eyes are for the stars. – Gilbert Parker

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