Christopher Hitchens Quotes

People have no morals, I swear to God. The things that people do for ratings! It's unforgivable.

You can't slice up morals.

Morals were restrictive, but they were grounded on human experience.

I've no objection to morality, except that it's obsolete.

Those...who insist that there are some moral limits that they will not violate, are forever surprising themselves.

My moral standing is lying down.

Right is right, and wrong is wrong, in small things as well as in big things.

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery and threats. Humans have morality. We don't need religion.

I have no regrets because I did everything by the book.

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

I don't want to do anything that violates my own personal code of ethics and morals.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

I'll never go against my morals.

What we call “morals” is simply blind obedience to words of command.

Base thy life on principle, not on rules.

It is not true that people of high principle are ill-suited for politics.

I do my research, and if I'm supporting something, then it's because it aligns with me morally and ethically.

I don't make my decisions by P.R. I make my decisions based on what I think is right or wrong.

A sense of morality makes a person repetitive in thought and action. Such a person will obviously not get anywhere.

I think my morals are perfectly... tight!

Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.

We've lost our sense of ethics; we live in a world of small-mindedness, of gratification without happiness and actions without meaning.

Is it important to be right or is it important to do what's right? That's one of the hardest lessons to learn.

But the culture has failed, almost entirely, in inculcating internal controls on actions that have their origin in authority. For this reason, the latter constitutes a far greater danger to human survival.