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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.

Thomas Sowell

Everyone may be called “comrade,” but some comrades have the power of life and death over other comrades.
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Death Friendship Life Partner Power
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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It would be very heard, for example, a basketball owner, no matter how racist he was, to try to operate without Blacks. It would be suicidal.
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Basketball Black Black Lives Matter Racism Suicide
Reality does not go away when it is ignored.
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Deep Healing Ignorance One Liner Reality
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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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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Complain Government Money Politics Promise Vote
Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.
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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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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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Book Causation Correlation Forget Statistics
Don’t you get tired of seeing so many “non-conformists” with the same non-conformist look?
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Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.
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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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Virtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to feel special and important. Some confuse that feeling with idealism.
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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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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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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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