Automobile Quote by Jane Jacobs

Television is, to my mind, the most insidious drug that the 20th Century has had to deal with.

— Terence McKenna

TV has had a stronger impact on our society than any single invention since the automobile. It has put the dead hand on conversation.

— Ann Landers

Television in its present form...[is] the opiate of the people of the United States.

— Richard M. Nixon

One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early September 1989,…

— Noam Chomsky

“The American craving for illegal, mind-altering, addictive chemicals provides a steady flow of American capital through the Texas border into Mexico and South America.…

— William Earl Maxwell

Television really does give you tremendous exposure in America.

— John Waite

TV holds a close second to cars for destroying our society. It's a failed experiment.

— Natalie Merchant

Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature of this connection.

— Christopher Lasch

Television, introduced at the close of World War II, has become a form of electronic heroin, and it isn't even your trip. They don't…

— Terence McKenna

In 1948, television was introduced, and millions and millions of people lead larval, low-awareness, warehoused lives mainlining an electronic drug straight into their brains.

— Terence McKenna

[T]ake the war on drugs. The average American says, "The war on drugs has been beneficial." The rest of us see reality. This war…

— Jacob G. Hornberger

All drugs of any interest to any moderately intelligent person in America are now illegal.

— Thomas Szasz