Christopher Hitchens Quotes

There is no progress without struggle.

Change is not made without inconvenience.

All reformations seem formidable before they are attempted.

There is no advance without strife.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.

Progress often masquerades as trouble.

We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.

There's a little perspiration involved in bringing about change too.

Every inch of progress is won in struggle.

A hero is not a champion of things become, but of things becoming; the dragon to be slain by him is precisely the monster of the status quo.

Whatever our creed or belief, we all know that there is no way back, that we must fight our way through.

Nothing has changed, or will change. So we must change it.

Positive change always encounters resistance, conflict, and obstacles. We must embrace difficult and heated situations in life, for that is the method of igniting our reactions in order to transform them.

To come to change, there had to be conflict and pain.

Fixing things requires change and change always creates conflict. But that is why you are a leader.

When you confront a problem you begin to solve it.

Neither an ox nor a donkey is able to stop the progress of socialism.

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

Over the years I've grown more comfortable with making people uncomfortable because that is when growth can happen. You need a little conflict. You need a little tension. And that is part of my calling. A little tough love goes a long way!

The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance.

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.

The real leaders cannot appear in the peaceful time; nor can the serious opposition emerge from within the peaceful atmosphere. Without an open confrontation, there is no opposition!