Christopher Hitchens - If I'm in a political a...

If I'm in a political argument, I think I can, with reasonable accuracy and without boasting, put the other person's side of the case at least as well as they could. One has to be able to say that in any well-conducted argument.

Christopher Hitchens

American Author

Born: Apr 13, 1949

Died: Dec 15, 2011

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