"The system isn't stupid, but the people in…" — Thomas Szasz
"The system isn't stupid, but the people in it are."
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85 Quotes by Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz has 85 quotes on this site.
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I favor free trade in drugs for the same reason the Founding Fathers favored free trade in ideas: in a…
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Men love liberty because it protects them from control and humiliation by others, thus affording them the possibility of dignity;…
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I submit that the traditional definition of psychiatry, which is still vogue, places it alongside such things as alchemy and…
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We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so…
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If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is…
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Self-respect is to the soul as oxygen is to the body. Deprive a person of oxygen, and you kill his…
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We achieve active mastery over illness and death by delegating all responsibility for their management to physicians, and by exiling…
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Addiction, obesity, starvation (anorexia nervosa) are political problems, not psychiatric: each condense and expresses a contest between the individual and…
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Had the white settlers in North America called the natives 'Americans' instead of 'Indians', the early Americans could not have…
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Traditionally, sex has been a very private, secretive activity. Herein perhaps lies its powerful force for uniting people in a…
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Sex is a body-contact sport. It is safe to watch but more fun to play.
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Masturbation: the primary sexual activity of mankind. In the nineteenth century it was a disease; in the twentieth, it's a…
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More People Quotes
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good…
— Hannah Arendt
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Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them…
— Hannah Arendt
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Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of…
— Hannah Arendt
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Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the…
— Alexis Arguello
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I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.
— J. J. Abrams
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As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
— Aristophanes
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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
— Aristotle
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