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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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One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue. – Christopher Hitchens

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