The 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 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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Government “planning” is not an alternative to chaos. It is a pre-emption of other people’s plans.
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People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.
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Failure is part of the natural cycle of business. Companies are born, companies die, capitalism moves forward.
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Many on the political left are so entranced by the beauty of their vision that they cannot see the ugly reality they are creating in the real world.
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It 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.
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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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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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There are only two ways of telling the complete truth – anonymously and posthumously.
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It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
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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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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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Justice at all costs’ is not justice.
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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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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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The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.
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