David Miscavige Quote of the Day - Part 1

To make up for my failure to post the David Miscavige quote of the day yesterday, I'll be posting 2 of them today. One right now and another sometime later today. So without further ado, here is an intense one:

The answer to this planet’s problems will not be found in the “material.” Of this there can be no question. For if those solutions can’t prevent war nation to nation, how then can it be expected to answer questions like “love,” “happiness” or “peace of mind?” So, we can’t expect the answer to be found in chemicals. Not unless one buys into a synthesized utopia, or a “Brave New World,” with a perfect pleasure drug.

Yet that is precisely what we see in the world today, with multi-million dollar conglomerates providing a cornucopia of new pills as a panacea to all ills — making the pharmaceutical industry the most profitable business on the planet — more than banking, high finance, oil or computers. Common sense tells us it’s the wrong answer.

After all, it isn’t just mere coincidence that the arrival of those new drugs always coincide with the expiration of the last one’s patent. That’s a fact.

And when the success of the latest “feel good” pill is judged by profit, well don’t be surprised when happiness isn’t the result. After all, what then would happen with all those blue chip stocks?

As any businessman knows — good marketing strategy requires the constant outflow of new product. And besides, the statistics say it all — those pills are not working.

— Mr. David Miscavige

The quote can be found on this site:

http://www.rtc.org/en_US/presentations/thisisscientology.htm

Also check out these links for other great speeches from Mr. Miscavige:

David Miscavige Opening Address In Honor of L. Ron Hubbard's Birthday 1993

David Miscavige Opening Address for L. Ron Hubbard's Birthday 1994

David Miscavige Opening Address for L. Ron Hubbard's Birthday 1997

David Miscavige Presents a Tribute to L. Ron Hubbard: March 2002

If you have any favorite quotes you'd like me to post, leave me a comment and let me know!