Masturbation: the primary sexual activity of mankind. In the nineteenth century it was a disease; in the twentieth, … - Thomas Szasz

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WikiLeaks is exposing our government officials for the frauds that they are. They also show us how governments work together to lie to their citizens when they are waging war.

Thomas Szasz

Masturbation: the primary sexual activity of mankind. In the nineteenth century it was a disease; in the twentieth, it's a cure.

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People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

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