Top Syria Quotes
The fervor and single-mindedness of this deification probably have no precedent in history. It's not like Duvalier or Assad passing the torch to the son and heir. It surpasses anything I have read abo...
Christopher Hitchens
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religion, atheism, mythology, ancient rome, reincarnation, syria, china, kim il sung, kim jong il, north korea
Rolf Ekeus came round to my apartment one day and showed me the name of the Iraqi diplomat who had visited the little West African country of Niger: a statelet famous only for its production of yellow...
Christopher Hitchens
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diplomacy, corruption, journalism, niger, syria, nuclear weapons, iraq, united nations, kim jong il, north korea
Moreover, it is not just that the early documents are silent about so much of Jesus that came to be recorded in the gospels, but that they view him in a substantially different way -- as a basically s...
George Albert Wells
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history, literature, fiction, miracles, supernatural, paul, syria, jewish, gospels, christ myth
I got hold of a copy of the video that showed how Saddam Hussein had actually confirmed himself in power. This snuff-movie opens with a plenary session of the Ba'ath Party central committee: perhaps a...
Christopher Hitchens
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film, torture, dictatorship, syria, conspiracy, execution, saddam hussein, ba athism, ba athist iraq, beria