Don’t you get tired of seeing so many “non-conformists” with the same non-conformist look?
THOMAS SOWELLNo matter how much people on the left talk about compassion, they have no compassion for the taxpayers.
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When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
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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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What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?
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Heedless of the past, we are flying blind into the future.
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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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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.
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One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.
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Economics is more than just a way to see patterns or to unravel puzzling anomalies.
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We 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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The history of which peoples, nations, or civilizations have conquered or enslaved which other peoples, nations, or civilizations has been largely a history of who has been in a position to do so.
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The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests.
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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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Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options.
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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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No matter how much people on the left talk about compassion, they have no compassion for the taxpayers.
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