Quote by Thomas Szasz
Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distin

Punishment is now unfashionable… because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility. – Thomas Szasz

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No further evidence is needed to show that mental illness is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but is the name of a concept whose purpose is to obscure the obvious. – Thomas Szasz

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Nature
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Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily. – Thomas Szasz

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It is easier to commit murder than to justify it. – Aemilius Papinianus

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If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place. – Lord Halifax

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Judge: a law student who marks his own papers. – H.L. Mencken

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Rather let the crime of the guilty go unpunished than condemn the innocent. – JustinianI, Law Code, A.D. 535

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Everything in moderation, including moderation. – Buddhist Wisdom

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