# Quote — John Brunner, The Stone That Never Came Down

> He was wondering what society would have been like if we’d socialised cannabis instead of dangerous drugs like alcohol and religion.

- Author: [John Brunner](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner.md)
- Book: [The Stone That Never Came Down](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/the-stone-that-never-came-down.md)
- Page: 26
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/the-stone-that-never-came-down/he-was-wondering

## More from this book

> “So what do you think will happen?” Sawyer asked the barman who was drawing his mid-morning pint.
>
> “Dunno,” the man grunted. “Except one thing. I know we’ve been led by fools and rogues, but this is the first time we’ve ever been led by a criminal!”

p. 177 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/the-stone-that-never-came-down/so-what-do-you.md)

> If you kill a dozen people by sniping at them from a roof-top, you’re a criminal. Unless you had a uniform on. Then you get a medal.

p. 135 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/the-stone-that-never-came-down/if-you-kill.md)

> Are we not natural creatures? Are we not evolved, too? Surely all the lessons we’ve learned in the past century come to a single point: we have to stop thinking of ourselves as somehow apart from nature, and recognise that we’re inseparable from it.

p. 132 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-brunner/the-stone-that-never-came-down/are-we-not.md)