People are all born ignorant but they are not born stupid.
THOMAS SOWELLDon’t you get tired of seeing so many “non-conformists” with the same non-conformist look?
More Thomas Sowell Quotes
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Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barack Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.
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No government of the left has done as much for the poor as capitalism has. Even when it comes to the redistribution of income, the left talks the talk but the free market walks the walk.
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People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.
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No amount of taxation is ever described as “greed” on the part of government or the clientele of government.
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As an entrepreneur in India put it: ‘Indians have learned from painful experience that the state does not work on behalf of the people. More often than not, it works on behalf of itself.
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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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One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.
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The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.
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People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.
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To believe in personal responsibility would be to destroy the whole special role of the anointed, whose vision casts them in the role of rescuers of people treated unfairly by society.
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The fact that the market is not doing what we wish it would do is no reason to automatically assume that the government would do better.
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The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.
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If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else’s expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves.
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It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
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Some people imagine that they are well informed because they have memorized a whole galaxy of trendy dogmas and fashionable attitudes.
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