"If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world."

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Source : Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume”, p.209, Atlantic Books Ltd

Christopher Hitchens

#Religious Quotes #Children Quotes #Age Quotes

“You should stop asking your politicians how they're gonna do it.”
“Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution.”
“Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.”

Source : "Illinois Death Row Emptied". www.washingtonpost.com. January 12, 2003.
“Those who have a tolerable knowledge of human nature will not stand in need of such lights.”
“Our target market is recreational bettors, but that doesn't mean we expel the wise guys. A big bet for us is maybe $10,000.”
“Not every bad break is negative in the long term; not every problem is a bona fide injustice; and not every injustice is major when juxtaposed against the millions of injustices that occur daily throughout the world.”
“People should support equality because of their religion not despite it. These are the values that openness, inclusion, diversity promote. And they're directly opposed to the kind of enforced closet of certain interpretations of religion.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com
“The first time when you can really get a sense of what the movie is going to look and feel like is when you're in a casting room and seeing it.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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