“People like Mr Hitchens are ready to fight to the last drop of other people's blood, and it's utterly and completely contemptible.”

— George Galloway

David Usborne, " Hitchens vs Galloway: The big debate http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article312968.ece", The Independent, September 16, 2005 <br class="br">During a debate with Christopher Hitchens, September 14, 2005

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