No one chooses which culture to be born into or can be blamed for how that culture evolved in past centuries.
THOMAS SOWELLNo one chooses which culture to be born into or can be blamed for how that culture evolved in past centuries.
THOMAS SOWELLThe history of which peoples, nations, or civilizations have conquered or enslaved which other peoples, nations, or civilizations has been largely a history of who has been in a position to do so.
THOMAS SOWELLEconomics is a study of cause and effect relationships in an economy.
THOMAS SOWELLIt would be very heard, for example, a basketball owner, no matter how racist he was, to try to operate without Blacks. It would be suicidal.
THOMAS SOWELLOne of the first things taught in introductory statistics textbooks is that correlation is not causation. It is also one of the first things forgotten.
THOMAS SOWELLThe welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people’s money away quietly and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.
THOMAS SOWELLFreedom must be distinguished from democracy, with which it is often confused.
THOMAS SOWELLHeedless of the past, we are flying blind into the future.
THOMAS SOWELLPeople who pride themselves on their “complexity” and deride others for being “simplistic” should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.
THOMAS SOWELLIf you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 50 years ago, a liberal 25 years ago and a racist today.
THOMAS SOWELLEconomics is more than just a way to see patterns or to unravel puzzling anomalies.
THOMAS SOWELLIn short, numbers are accepted as evidence when they agree with preconceptions, but not when they don’t.
THOMAS SOWELLNo 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.
THOMAS SOWELLBailing out people who made ill-advised mortgages makes no more sense that bailing out people who lost their life savings in Las Vegas casinos.
THOMAS SOWELLSome people imagine that they are well informed because they have memorized a whole galaxy of trendy dogmas and fashionable attitudes.
THOMAS SOWELLTalkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.
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