Quote by Christopher Hitchens
I think the materialist conception of history is valid. - Christop

I think the materialist conception of history is valid. – Christopher Hitchens

Other quotes by Christopher Hitchens

Theres been some research in cognitive science, Im told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, its white noise. – Christopher Hitchens

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Faith
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A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today Ill be able to do that. I get for some reason somewhat stronger when the sun starts to go down. Dusk is a good time for me. Im crepuscular. – Christopher Hitchens

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good
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Ronald Reagan said that he sought a Star Wars defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R. – Christopher Hitchens

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Technology
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History
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Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies history has no place for them. – Norodom Sihanouk

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History

The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly. – Jean Piaget

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History

In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better. – Edward de Bono

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History

I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion so as to make the meaning of it as a process of evolution intelligible to the young. – Thomas Huxley

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History

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But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism. – Thomas E. Mann

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If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs. – Mary Mcleod Bethune

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Jennas traveled with me theyve both traveled with their dad. This is the only time theyve been old enough in all of their dads campaigns to really be involved in. – Laura Bush

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Almost all institutions own a lot more art than they can ever show, much of it revealing for its timeliness, genius, or sheer weirdness. – Jerry Saltz

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