"Although the Chinese had used opium as a……" — Robert Trout
"Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived."
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19 Quotes by Robert Trout
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The britishh seizure of Hong Kong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the britishh Empire:…
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At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hongkong, the British Crown Colony, will be restored to China. This is not only…
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A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure,…
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The level of potential physical productivity of a society depends on both the development of the intellect of its members,…
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Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium.
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Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity…
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The East India Company's domination of the Indian economy was based on its private army.
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From this bestial view that the human mind consists of only sense certainty, pleasure and pain, Locke developed an equally…
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Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.
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We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should…
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The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians.
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The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal.
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