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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.

Thomas Sowell

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.
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What then is the intellectual advantage of civilization over primitive savagery? It is not necessarily that each civilized man has more knowledge but that he requires far less.
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Advantage Civil Economics Knowledge Man Requirement
Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barack Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.
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Intellect is not wisdom.
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Suppose you are wrong? How would you know? How would you test for that possibility?
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There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.
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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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For the anointed, traditions are likely to be seen as the dead hand of the past, relics of a less enlightened age, and not as the distilled experience of millions who faced similar human vicissitudes before.
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Dead Enlight Experience Human Past Tradition
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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When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.
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The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.
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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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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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Reality does not go away when it is ignored.
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Deep Healing Ignorance One Liner Reality
Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concrete ways to prevent violence from others.
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There are only two ways of telling the complete truth – anonymously and posthumously.
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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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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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