Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous.
THOMAS SOWELLAge gives you an excuse for not being very good at things that you were not very good at when you were young.
More Thomas Sowell Quotes
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Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.
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No one chooses which culture to be born into or can be blamed for how that culture evolved in past centuries.
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A society in which such decisions can only be made by males has thrown away half of its knowledge, talents, and insights.
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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 are all born ignorant but they are not born stupid.
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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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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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No amount of taxation is ever described as “greed” on the part of government or the clientele of government.
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Racism does not have a good track record. It’s been tried out for a long time and you’d think by now we’d want to put an end to it instead of putting it under new management.
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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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One 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.
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Extrapolations are the last refuge of a groundless argument.
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Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concrete ways to prevent violence from others.
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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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I am so old that I can remember when other people’s achievements were considered to be an inspiration, rather than a grievance.
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