The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
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.
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Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
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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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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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The question is not what anybody deserves. The question is who is to take on the God-like role of deciding what everybody else deserves.
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The media are less a window on reality, than a stage on which officials and journalists perform self-scripted, self-serving fictions.
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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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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 who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.
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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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If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 50 years ago, a liberal 25 years ago and a racist today.
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What is called an educated person is often someone who has had a dangerously superficial exposure to a wide spectrum of subjects.
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If 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.
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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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Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.
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Economics is more than just a way to see patterns or to unravel puzzling anomalies.
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