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Economics is a study of cause and effect relationships in an economy.

Thomas Sowell

What 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.
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No-one is equal to anything. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days.
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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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Freedom must be distinguished from democracy, with which it is often confused.
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Age gives you an excuse for not being very good at things that you were not very good at when you were young.
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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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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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Don’t you get tired of seeing so many “non-conformists” with the same non-conformist look?
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No government of the left has done as much for the poor as capitalism has. Even when it comes to the redistribution of income, the left talks the talk but the free market walks the walk.
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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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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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The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.
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Since 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?
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The 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.
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What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don’t like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don’t expect freedom to survive very long.
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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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