The fact that the market is not doing what we wish it would do is no reason to automatically assume that the government would do better.
THOMAS SOWELLI am so old that I can remember when other people’s achievements were considered to be an inspiration, rather than a grievance.
More Thomas Sowell Quotes
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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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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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What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?
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Suppose you are wrong? How would you know? How would you test for that possibility?
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I have never understood why it is “greed” to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.
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Everyone may be called “comrade,” but some comrades have the power of life and death over other comrades.
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Economics is a study of cause and effect relationships in an economy.
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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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If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
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It 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.
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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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There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.
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One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.
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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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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous.
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