The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.
THOMAS SOWELLThe first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.
THOMAS SOWELLDon’t you get tired of seeing so many “non-conformists” with the same non-conformist look?
THOMAS SOWELLWe 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.
THOMAS SOWELLIt doesn’t matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.
THOMAS SOWELLFreedom must be distinguished from democracy, with which it is often confused.
THOMAS SOWELLIt is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
THOMAS SOWELLThe next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
THOMAS SOWELLThe purpose of education is to give the student the intellectual tools to analyze, whether verbally or numerically, and to reach conclusions based on logic and evidence.
THOMAS SOWELLEconomics is more than just a way to see patterns or to unravel puzzling anomalies.
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 SOWELLThe problem isn’t that Johnny can’t read. The problem isn’t even that Johnny can’t think. The problem is that Johnny doesn’t know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.
THOMAS SOWELLIf you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else’s expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves.
THOMAS SOWELLRonald Reagan had a vision of America. Barack Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.
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 SOWELLEveryone may be called “comrade,” but some comrades have the power of life and death over other comrades.
THOMAS SOWELLWhat all these lofty and vague phrases boil down to is that the court can impose things that the voters don’t want and the Constitution does not require, but which are in vogue in circles to which the court responds.
THOMAS SOWELL