Happy Birthday Thomas Szasz

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LysanderSpooner
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Posted on: April 17, 2010 - 11:07am

One of the greatest libertarians has just turned 90.  Here's Sheldon Richman's write-up.

http://sheldonfreeassociation.blogspot.com/2010/04/happy-birthday-thomas-szasz.html

 

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Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it

Learned Hand

In the past men created witches: now they create mental patients.
Thomas Szasz

Relinquish liberty for the purposes of defense in an emergency?
Why? It would seem that in an emergency, of all times, one needs
his greatest strength. So if liberty is strength and slavery is weakness,
liberty is a necessity rather than a luxury, and we can ill afford
to be without it—least of all during an emergency.

F.A. Harper