Thomas Sowell Quotes

Ego trips by coteries of self-exalting people are treated in the media as idealism, rather than the petty tyranny it is.

Thomas Sowell

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• Ego trips by coteries of self-exalting people are treated in the media as idealism, rather than the petty tyranny it is.

  

  Thomas Sowell
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  • Media
  • Tyranny