Quote by Christopher Hitchens
High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accompl

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. – Christopher Hitchens

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Im not particularly a feminist, but if you get women off the animal cycle of reproduction and give them some say in how many children theyll have, immediately the floor will rise. – Christopher Hitchens

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Women
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To choose dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid. – Christopher Hitchens

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I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators. – Christopher Hitchens

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power
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Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist. – Steven Seagal

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The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments. – William James

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I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me. – Thomas Keller

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On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver. – William Bartram

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The failure of national economic policy is costing us more than jobs it has begun to weaken that uniquely American spirit of risk-taking, large ambition, and optimism about the future. We must rally them now to bold departures that rebuild our national morale as well as our material prosperity. – Mitch Daniels

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Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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