There are only two ways of telling the complete truth – anonymously and posthumously.
THOMAS SOWELLThe 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.
More Thomas Sowell Quotes
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One of the consequences of such notions as ‘entitlements’ is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.
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Heedless of the past, we are flying blind into the future.
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I have never understood why it is “greed” to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.
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It is scary how easily so many people can be brainwashed by sheer repetition of a word.
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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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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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People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.
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The really painful surprise is that so many people based their hopes on his words, rather than on the record of his deeds.
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One of the first things taught in introductory statistics textbooks is that correlation is not causation. It is also one of the first things forgotten.
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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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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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If politicians stopped meddling with things they don’t understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates.
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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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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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Failure is part of the natural cycle of business. Companies are born, companies die, capitalism moves forward.
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Intellect is not wisdom.
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To believe in personal responsibility would be to destroy the whole special role of the anointed, whose vision casts them in the role of rescuers of people treated unfairly by society.
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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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Everyone may be called “comrade,” but some comrades have the power of life and death over other comrades.
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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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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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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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Liberals seem to assume that, if you don’t believe in their particular political solutions, then you don’t really care about the people that they claim to want to help.
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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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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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People are all born ignorant but they are not born stupid.
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