Thomas Sowell Quotes
Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

Quotes to Explore
-
Homeland or death! Socialism or death! We shall overcome!
-
There are no friends at cards or world politics.
-
You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.
-
He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.
-
Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it.
-
There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion.
-
To me, politics is an extension of what I do in medicine.
-
For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.
-
I was always the new kid, and I got to know the language and the politics of being on the outside, looking in. Never being in the clique - always being a student of the clique, a subversive, and I could look around and identify the other guys who were excluded.
-
I've never been a Clinton fan. He's had some accomplishments, and he's very skilled at politics, but, you know, he's had some successes and a very good economy. And the question is how much or how little of that does he deserve credit for.
-
There is socialism in the family that conflicts with meritocracy. And that bothered me.
-
Too often, we see wedge politics and petty rhetoric used to belittle adversaries and inflame partisan divisions.
-
When we make records, it's hard to pinpoint one thing that inspires a record. It's usually a number of different things that lead to inspiration or wanting to write something down and share it with someone.
-
My first record I owned was by Les Paul.
-
I'm not like most people around here who politick with you guys.
-
You cannot go against nature. She is stronger than the strongest of men. We can permit ourselves some liberties, but in details only.
-
Poverty is the greatest cause of terrorism.
-
A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears.
-
I'm pretty middle-of-the-road. There are some issues I'm more conservative on.
-
American liberty is premised on the accountability of free men and women for what they have done, not for what they may do.
-
You have to be a freak in order to be different.
-
Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.