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The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.

Thomas Sowell

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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Achievement Century History Ideas Kill Power
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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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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DAngry Education Exposure Person Subject
Heedless of the past, we are flying blind into the future.
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The only people I truly envy are those who can play a musical instrument and those who can eat anything they want without gaining weight.
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Ear Eat Instrument Music People True Weight Loss
Don’t you get tired of seeing so many “non-conformists” with the same non-conformist look?
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Comformist Tired
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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Decision Insight Knowledge Society Talent Throw
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
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Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.
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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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No-one is equal to anything. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days.
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Deep Difference Equality Himself Justice Man
Extrapolations are the last refuge of a groundless argument.
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The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.
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Decide Economics Inspirational Liberty
The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.
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The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
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It doesn’t matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.
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