Quotes about Opium

The real "opium of the people", distracting men's minds from their essential task, is the communist myth of an earthly paradise.

I'm merely exploring souls & cities From the vantage point Of my ivory tower built, Built with the assistance of Opium That's enough, isnt it?

Religion is the opium of the poor. I thought marijuana was the opium of the poor.

The fanatical atheists...are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who—in their grudge against the traditional 'opium of the people'—cannot bear the music of the spheres.