Jerzy Peterkiewicz quotes

“Revolution is the opium of the intellectuals.”
-- Jerzy Peterkiewicz

Source : "Fictional character: Michael Arnold Travis". O Lucky Man!, www.imdb.com. 1973.

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“What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?”

“Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.”

“I don't like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles...”

Source : Song: Meat And Potato Man, Album: When Somebody Loves You, 2000

“You know, you look at the chaos in the conservative camp right now, it's only too tempting to blame it all on pot. But in fact, the Reagan revolution owes a lot to Reefer. For one thing, it's made the symptoms of senility socially acceptable.”

“After the French Revolution, it was not the treason of the king that was in question; it was the existence of the king. You have to be very careful when you judge and execute somebody for being a symbol.”

Source : "James Caan: What I've Learned". Interview with Ross Johnson, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

“Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly.”

“All revolutions are impossible until they happen. Then they become inevitable”

Source : Albie Sachs (2011). “The Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter”, p.133, Souvenir Press

“Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged.”

“Babies laughing is like opium.”

“The thing about opium is that it makes pain or difficulty unimaginable.”