Robert Trout Quotes


The British seizure of Hongkong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the British Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium. Robert Trout Aspect 120
The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal. Robert Trout Company 117
We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less. Robert Trout Atone 88
Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived. Robert Trout Addiction 85
Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies. Robert Trout Chinese 62
Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats. Robert Trout British 61
Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium. Robert Trout Condemned 55
At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hongkong, the British Crown Colony, will be restored to China. This is not only an event which will be celebrated by patriotic Chinese; any patriotic American should celebrate it as well. Robert Trout American 49
Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity. Robert Trout Happy 42
The British system denied any role for human creativity, and instead argued, that if man merely followed his hedonistic desires, pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain, objective laws would naturally guide society to achieve the best allocation of wealth. Robert Trout Society 41
From this bestial view that the human mind consists of only sense certainty, pleasure and pain, Locke developed an equally bestial theory of the nation. Man originally existed in a State of Nature of complete liberty. Robert Trout Bestial 37
The level of potential physical productivity of a society depends on both the development of the intellect of its members, and a minimal standard of both demographic characteristics and of consumption. Robert Trout Characteristics 32
The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians. Robert Trout Against 28
In order for a society to survive, it must generate a sufficient level of physical production both to meet its current needs, and to produce a surplus for upgrading its productive powers. Robert Trout Current 17

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