Justice at all costs’ is not justice.
THOMAS SOWELLIt 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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Reality does not go away when it is ignored.
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As history has also shown, especially in the twentieth century, one of the first things an ideologue will do after achieving absolute power is kill.
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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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Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barack Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.
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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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No amount of taxation is ever described as “greed” on the part of government or the clientele of government.
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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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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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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 takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.
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A society that puts equality – in the sense of equality of outcome – ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom.
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When people are presented with the alternatives of hating themselves for their failure or hating others for their success, they seldom choose to hate themselves.
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The question is not what anybody deserves. The question is who is to take on the God-like role of deciding what everybody else deserves.
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One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.
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It is scary how easily so many people can be brainwashed by sheer repetition of a word.
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