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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.
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Thomas Szasz

Date of birth: 1920-04-15

Quotes number: 26

Nationality: American

Profession: Psychologist

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