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Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
the Week of Proper 7 / Ordinary 12
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Opium'

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The British seizure of Hongkong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the British Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium.
Robert Trout, American Journalist (1909-2000)
Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.
Robert Trout, American Journalist (1909-2000)
The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal.
Robert Trout, American Journalist (1909-2000)
Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium.
Robert Trout, American Journalist (1909-2000)
Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.
Edmund Wilson, American Critic (1895-1972)
 
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