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Don’t you get tired of seeing so many “non-conformists” with the same non-conformist look?
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell What all these lofty and vague phrases boil down to is that the court can impose things that the voters don’t want and the Constitution does not require, but which are in vogue in circles to which the court responds.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell 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.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell Virtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to feel special and important. Some confuse that feeling with idealism.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell Liberals seem to assume that, if you don’t believe in their particular political solutions, then you don’t really care about the people that they claim to want to help.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell We should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell 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.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell 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.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell It doesn’t matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people’s money away quietly and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell 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.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell 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.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell Rhetoric is no substitute for reality.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell Failure is part of the natural cycle of business. Companies are born, companies die, capitalism moves forward.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell
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The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.
Brennan ManningBrennan Manning My dear Jesus, my Savior, is so deeply written in my heart, that I feel confident, that if my heart were to be cut open and chopped to pieces, the name of Jesus would be found written on every piece.
Ignatius of AntiochIgnatius of Antioch Man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.
Elbert HubbardElbert Hubbard It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot Delve deeper into your dreams to capture the visualized, yet unseen.
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Frank ZFrank Z Small numbers make no difference to God. There is nothing small if God is in it.
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