Thomas Sowell Quotes
The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

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If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
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And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world.
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I'm so tired of this vision of fashion of a diva with a big ego, and you think of big dark glasses to be pretentious and keep far away from the people.
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On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech.
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Educational institutes can no longer be prizes in church politics or furnish berths for failure in other walks of life.
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Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it.
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A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political.
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The major international appeal for 'House of Cards' was kind of a surprise because it's a very American show. What we learned is that American politics is very American, but greed and corruption and all of that is very global.
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I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success.
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The gun is not out of Irish politics.
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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.
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Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy.
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I'm willing to take a polygraph test to prove that I'm happy about Kahlon's return to politics. He's a good man, a man who cares. It's good to have people like that in politics, I have no problem with that.
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Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
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Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
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For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.
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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.
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The most satisfying thrillers send ordinary people into battle against the forces of evil - otherwise known as greed, ego, rage, fear and laziness - and bring them out bloodied but whole.
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A lot of times you have very ego-driven actors and actresses that stay in their little world, and when you have a scene together, your worlds meet for a moment. But I don't think that makes for a very good cohesion.
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The Internet is the ultimate vanity-publishing medium, and therefore, the ultimate place for those of us who like to watch. The Internet can reach an audience at lower cost than any medium before it.
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If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.
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The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.