Skinny Legs and All (1990)
“If religion was the opium of the masses, then communism was the methamphetamine of the masses.”
Jordan Peterson (1962) Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology
Biblical Series III: God and the Hierarchy of Authority https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_GPAl_q2QQ <br class="br">Biblical Lectures
“It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.”
Simone Weil book Gravity and Grace
Source: Gravity and Grace (1947), p. 159 (1972 edition)
Gideon Defoe (1975) British writer
Source: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists
“"Religion is the opiate of the masses.""I did masses of opiates religiously.”
Carrie Fisher book Postcards from the Edge
Source: Postcards from the Edge
“Strength without agility is a mere mass.”
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid.
The Book of Disquiet
Original: A força sem a destreza é uma simples massa.
“Marx was wrong--religion is not the opiate of the masses, baseball is.”
Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919–1995) Atheist activist
Quoted without citation by Nathaniel J. Ehrlich, Psychology and contemporary affairs, p. 78 (1972)
Attributed
Wilhelm Busch (pastor) (1897–1966) German pastor and writer
Not for me! We use it when we shouldn't. p. 157
Jesus Our Destiny
“Charity… is the opium of the privileged.”
Chinua Achebe book Anthills of the Savannah
Source: Anthills of the Savannah
