A giant in the field of psychiatry, and one of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our age, Dr. Thomas Szasz is generally acknowledged as having had a greater influence on contemporary thinking about psychiatry and mental illness than anyone in the field.

He has written over 20 extraordinary books on psychiatry, politics, civil liberties, and other topics. They include such classics as:

The Myth of Mental Illness C
eremonial Chemistry
Law, Liberty, and Psychiatry
Heresies
The Untamed Tongue
The Therapeutic State
Our Right to Drugs: The Case for a Free Market
He holds numerous awards, and has been honored by the creation of an annual civil liberties award in his name.

Szasz is an uncompromising advocate of individual liberty, and writes with a wonderful wit and clarity.

Quotable

"I favor free trade in drugs for the same reason the Founding Fathers favored free trade in ideas: in a free society it is none of the government's business what ideas a man puts into his mind; likewise, it should be none of its business what drugs he puts into his body."
-- On Liberty and Drugs

"When you hear an American politician running for office say, 'I want to serve my country,' remind yourself that what the man really means is: 'I want the country to be at my service.'"
-- The Untamed Tongue

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