“Uncertainty makes people anxious, and distraction is the twenty-first century opiate of the masses.”
“Karl Marx: "Religion is the opiate of the masses."Carrie Fisher: "I did masses of opiates religiously.”
“Parenthood is the opiate of the masses.”
“Eighty years ago, Woodrow Wilson took America into the twentieth century with a challenge to make the world safe for democracy. As we enter the twenty-first century, our task is to make democracy safe for the world.”
“A siren is the sound of the twenty-first-century cavalry on the way.”
“I believe the twenty-first century can become the most important century of human history. I think a new reality is emerging. Whether this view is realistic or not, there is no harm in making an effort.”