Thomas Sowell Quotes
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The poor are the very lifeblood of the left, attracting activists, supporting among the intelligentsia, and - perhaps most important - allowing the left to indulge in self-congratulation as people who 'care.' But, if they really cared, they would want to know what the facts are and what the actual consequences of their various nostrums are.
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All justice is inherently social. Can someone on a desert island be either just or unjust?
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There is no bigger waste of time than doing 90% of what is necessary.
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History is the memory of a nation
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Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America.
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What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?
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Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are a blank check for creating disparities in power that dwarf disparities in income - and are far more dangerous.
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Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge,.
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How you treat the helpless is the real test of morality. Lots of people are flunking that test big time.
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Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity.
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Students are often in no position to judge 'relevance' until long after the fact.
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If a word means everything, then in means nothing.
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Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.
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Compassion is good but politicians have turned compassion into the welfare state.
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Credentialed ignorance is still ignorance.
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We don‘t have faith that freedom works. We have evidence.
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All statements are true, if you are free to redefine their terms.
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Since terrorists are pouring into Iraq in response to calls from international terrorist networks, the number of those who are killed is especially important, for these are people who will no longer be around to launch more attacks on American soil. Iraq has become a magnet for enemies of the United States, a place where they can be killed wholesale, thousands of miles away.
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Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to what? (2) At what cost? and (3) What are the hard facts?.
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The way the welfare programs are organized, poor people are only paid to do things that are counter-productive - such as breaking up their families, such as not earning above a certain level of income.
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It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.
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To say the Constitution is living is to say that it's dead.