The plague of mankind is the fear and rejection of diversity: monotheism, monarchy, monogamy and, in our age, monomedicine. The belief that there is only one right way to live, only one right way to regulate religious, political, sexual, medical affairs is the root cause of the greatest threat to man: members of his own species, bent on ensuring his salvation, security, and sanity.
Thomas SzaszThe language of scienceโand especially of a science of manโis, necessarily, anti-individualistic, and hence a threat to human freedom and dignity.
Thomas SzaszA child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
Thomas Szasz