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In short, numbers are accepted as evidence when they agree with preconceptions, but not when they don’t.

Thomas Sowell

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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Concentration Ideas Institution Surprise Survive Work
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
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Absence Acceptance Civil Defend Force Prepare
When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
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Explanation Help Let Go People Tuth Yourself
I am so old that I can remember when other people’s achievements were considered to be an inspiration, rather than a grievance.
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Achievement Consider Inspirational Old People Remember
Freedom must be distinguished from democracy, with which it is often confused.
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Confuse Democracy Different Freedom
The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.
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Decide Economics Inspirational Liberty
One of the consequences of such notions as ‘entitlements’ is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.
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Consequences Contribution Economics People Politics Society
Economics is more than just a way to see patterns or to unravel puzzling anomalies.
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Economics Pattern Puzzle
Economics is a study of cause and effect relationships in an economy.
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Cause Economics Economy Effect Relationship Study
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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Black Lives Matter Era Justice People Social
No amount of taxation is ever described as “greed” on the part of government or the clientele of government.
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Government Greedy Money Tax
It doesn’t matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.
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Intelligance One Liner Philosophy Politics Smart Thinking
No one chooses which culture to be born into or can be blamed for how that culture evolved in past centuries.
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Blame Century Choose Culture Past
We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.
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Closer Depression Hurt Responsible Situation
Bailing out people who made ill-advised mortgages makes no more sense that bailing out people who lost their life savings in Las Vegas casinos.
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Bail Economy Life Lost Mortage People
Everyone may be called “comrade,” but some comrades have the power of life and death over other comrades.
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Death Friendship Life Partner Power

In short, numbers are accepted as evidence when they agree with preconceptions, but not when they don’t.

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In short, numbers are accepted as evidence when they agree with preconceptions, but not when they don’t.

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