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Quote by Thomas Szasz
In the United States today, there is a pervasive tendency to treat

In the United States today, there is a pervasive tendency to treat children as adults, and adults as children. The options of children are thus steadily expanded, while those of adults are progressively constricted. The result is unruly children and childish adults. – Thomas Szasz

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All drugs of any interest to any moderately intelligent person in America are now illegal. – 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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He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not truly accept and respect life itself. – Thomas Szasz

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