Government “planning” is not an alternative to chaos. It is a pre-emption of other people’s plans.
THOMAS SOWELLIf politicians stopped meddling with things they don’t understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates.
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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 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.
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The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests.
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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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Rhetoric is no substitute for reality.
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Extrapolations are the last refuge of a groundless argument.
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We should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.
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The purpose of education is to give the student the intellectual tools to analyze, whether verbally or numerically, and to reach conclusions based on logic and evidence.
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The really painful surprise is that so many people based their hopes on his words, rather than on the record of his deeds.
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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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There are only two ways of telling the complete truth – anonymously and posthumously.
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Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.
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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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It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.
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Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.
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