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“Through all this, patients were getting used to demanding drugs for treatment. They did not, however, have to accept the idea that they might, say, eat better and exercise more, and that this might help them lose weight and feel better. Doctors, of course, couldn’t insist. As the defenestration of the physician’s authority and clinical experience was under way, patients didn’t have to take accountability for their own behavior.”
― Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
― Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

“Langley would never complete his newspaper project. I knew that and I'm sure he knew it as well. It was a crazy foolish hand-rubbing scheme that kept his mind in the mood he liked to be in.”
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“We must abolish, and not regulate, animal exploitation. The abolition of animal exploitation requires a paradigm shift. It requires a recognition that violence against the vulnerable is inherently wrong. It calls for a revolution of the heart.”
― Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach
― Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach

“As long as there are slaughter houses there will always be battlefields.”
― What I Believe
― What I Believe

"...how much nearer can we come to understanding any one of the myriad dead who have gone to their graves, carrying their real secrets, of motive and ...more
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