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What is called an educated person is often someone who has had a dangerously superficial exposure to a wide spectrum of subjects.

Thomas Sowell

Extrapolations are the last refuge of a groundless argument.
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Whenever someone refers to me as someone “who happens to be black,” I wonder if they realize that both my parents are black. If I had turned out to be Scandinavian or Chinese, people would have wondered what was going on.
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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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No amount of taxation is ever described as “greed” on the part of government or the clientele of government.
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Economics is more than just a way to see patterns or to unravel puzzling anomalies.
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It doesn’t matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.
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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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Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
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Since this is an era when many people are concerned about ‘fairness’ and ‘social justice,’ what is your ‘fair share’ of what someone else has worked for?
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Many on the political left are so entranced by the beauty of their vision that they cannot see the ugly reality they are creating in the real world.
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Intellect is not wisdom.
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Intelelct One Liner Wisdom
If 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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It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
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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 has nothing to say about philosophy or values, anymore than it has to say about music or literature.
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Failure is part of the natural cycle of business. Companies are born, companies die, capitalism moves forward.
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