In short, numbers are accepted as evidence when they agree with preconceptions, but not when they don’t.
THOMAS SOWELLOne 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.
More Thomas Sowell Quotes
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Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.
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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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Everyone may be called “comrade,” but some comrades have the power of life and death over other comrades.
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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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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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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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Economics is a study of cause and effect relationships in an economy.
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People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.
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Reality does not go away when it is ignored.
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There are only two ways of telling the complete truth – anonymously and posthumously.
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The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests.
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Heedless of the past, we are flying blind into the future.
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People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.
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Government “planning” is not an alternative to chaos. It is a pre-emption of other people’s plans.
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The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.
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