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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.

Thomas Sowell

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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Afford Government Pay People Positive Thinking
What is called an educated person is often someone who has had a dangerously superficial exposure to a wide spectrum of subjects.
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The 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.
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Extrapolations are the last refuge of a groundless argument.
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There are only two ways of telling the complete truth – anonymously and posthumously.
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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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The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
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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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Clearly, only very unequal intellectual and moral standing could justify having equality imposed, whether the people want it or not, as Dworkin suggests, and only very unequal power would make it possible.
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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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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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It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.
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Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on “income distribution,” the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.
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If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.
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No-one is equal to anything. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days.
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Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barack Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.
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