Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options.
THOMAS SOWELLLife does not ask what we want. It presents us with options.
THOMAS SOWELLCompetition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.
THOMAS SOWELLWhenever someone refers to me as someone “who happens to be black,” I wonder if they realize that both my parents are black. If I had turned out to be Scandinavian or Chinese, people would have wondered what was going on.
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.
THOMAS SOWELLWhat is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don’t like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don’t expect freedom to survive very long.
THOMAS SOWELLNo amount of taxation is ever described as “greed” on the part of government or the clientele of government.
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.
THOMAS SOWELLLiberals 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 SOWELLIf 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.
THOMAS SOWELLThe 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.
THOMAS SOWELLFailure is part of the natural cycle of business. Companies are born, companies die, capitalism moves forward.
THOMAS SOWELLAge gives you an excuse for not being very good at things that you were not very good at when you were young.
THOMAS SOWELLSince this is an era when many people are concerned about ‘fairness’ and ‘social justice,’ what is your ‘fair share’ of what someone else has worked for?
THOMAS SOWELLWhat is called an educated person is often someone who has had a dangerously superficial exposure to a wide spectrum of subjects.
THOMAS SOWELLThe government is indeed an institution, but “the market” is nothing more than an option for each individual to chose among numerous existing institutions, or to fashion new arrangements suited to his own situation and taste.
THOMAS SOWELLIt takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.
THOMAS SOWELL