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No government of the left has done as much for the poor as capitalism has. Even when it comes to the redistribution of income, the left talks the talk but the free market walks the walk.

Thomas Sowell

One of the first things taught in introductory statistics textbooks is that correlation is not causation. It is also one of the first things forgotten.
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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.
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If politicians stopped meddling with things they don’t understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates.
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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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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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Rhetoric is no substitute for reality.
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Age gives you an excuse for not being very good at things that you were not very good at when you were young.
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It doesn’t matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.
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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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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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The really painful surprise is that so many people based their hopes on his words, rather than on the record of his deeds.
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Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on “income distribution,” the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.
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People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.
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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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When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.
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Heedless of the past, we are flying blind into the future.
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No government of the left has done as much for the poor as capitalism has. Even when it comes to the redistribution of income, the left talks the talk but the free market walks the walk.

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No government of the left has done as much for the poor as capitalism has. Even when it comes to the redistribution of income, the left talks the talk but the free market walks the walk.

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