To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an infer…

Christopher Hitchens
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To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation - is that good for the world? ✨ Christopher Hitchens (2011). Hitchens vs Blair, p.9, Random House
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