Quote by Christopher Lasch
Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society

Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values. – Christopher Lasch

Other quotes by Christopher Lasch

It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage to support a family. – Christopher Lasch

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In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs. – Christopher Lasch

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The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about. – Christopher Lasch

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Society is composed of two great classes — those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners. – Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Chamfort)

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But if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than theyve been brought there by no fault of their own, I dont think you have a heart. We need to be educating these children, because they will become a drag on our society. – Rick Perry

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Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion. – Christopher Lasch

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Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance, I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society. – Shirley Manson

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Society

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