Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options.
THOMAS SOWELLIt has nothing to say about philosophy or values, anymore than it has to say about music or literature.
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No matter how much people on the left talk about compassion, they have no compassion for the taxpayers.
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People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.
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The 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.
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Clearly, only very unequal intellectual and moral standing could justify having equality imposed, whether the people want it or not, as Dworkin suggests, and only very unequal power would make it possible.
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Justice at all costs’ is not justice.
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The history of which peoples, nations, or civilizations have conquered or enslaved which other peoples, nations, or civilizations has been largely a history of who has been in a position to do so.
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In short, numbers are accepted as evidence when they agree with preconceptions, but not when they don’t.
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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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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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Economics is more than just a way to see patterns or to unravel puzzling anomalies.
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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.
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It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.
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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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The fact that the market is not doing what we wish it would do is no reason to automatically assume that the government would do better.
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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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