Thomas Szasz, (1920-2012) Hungarian-American Professor of Psychiatry, Author, Libertarian Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-6] of 6 Thomas Szasz quotesThomas Szasz QuotesThomas Szasz Men are rewarded and punished not for what they do, but rather for how their acts are defined. This is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in behaving themselves.~ Thomas Szasz Men love liberty because it protects them from control and humiliation by others, thus affording them the possibility of dignity; they loathe liberty because it throws them back on their own abilities and resources, thus confronting them with the possibility of insignificance.~ Thomas Szasz The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should if it prevents you from feeding yourself.~ Thomas Szasz The battle for the world is the battle for definitions.~ Thomas Szasz 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 Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.~ Thomas Szasz Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print