Tag: thomas sowell
Thomas Sowell Defending Civilization
“IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO USE FORCE TO DEFEND CIVILIZATION THEN BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT BARBARISM” THOMAS SOWELL Knowledge and Decisions (Hoover Institution Press,…
Thomas Sowell on School Vouchers
“People who oppose school vouchers say that we should improve the public schools instead–but they never specify any time limit. Are we to continue through…
Thomas Sowell Study History
One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and…
Thomas Sowell on Gov of the Left
“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…
Thomas Sowell on Micro Aggression
“The concept of ‘micro-aggression’ is just one of many tactics used to stifle differences of opinion by declaring some opinions to be ‘hate speech,’ instead…
Thomas Sowell on Truth
Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true, but many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly and repetition has…
Thomas Sowell on Exploitation
IF THE WEALTH OF RICH CAPITALISTS COMES FROM EXPLOITATION OF POOR WORKERS, THEN WE MIGHT EXPECT TO FIND THAT WHERE THERE ARE CONCENTRATIONS OF RICH…
Thomas Sowell on Compasion
“Although the big word on the left is ‘compassion,’ the big agenda on the left is dependency. The more people who are dependent on government…
Thomas Sowell 3 Questions
“I’ve often said there are three questions that would destroy most of the arguments on the left. The first is ‘compared to what?’ The second…
Thomas Sowell on Envy
Envy used to be one of the seven deadly sins. But now it is the prime political virtue, under its new name ‘social justice.’ Thomas…
Thomas Sowell on Iran
“The Soviet Union was never suicidal, so the fact that we could annihilate their cities if they attacked ours was a sufficient deterrent to a…
Thomas Sowell on Slavery
“More whites were brought as slaves to North Africa than blacks brought as slaves to the United States or to the 13 colonies from which…
Thomas Swole on Welfare State
“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…
Thomas Sowell on Wars
“If you want to minimize civilian casualties, then minimize the dangers of war, by no longer coming to the rescue of those who start wars.”—…
Thomas Sowell Understanding Politics
“No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own…
Thomas Sowell on Inflation paying for government
“People who imagine that the benefits they receive ‘free’ from government will be paid for by others may discover that they themselves end up paying…
Thomas Sowell on Victimhood
“If you perceive yourself as a victim you will have no shortage of villains.”
Thomas Sowell on Tariffs
“Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn means fewer sales of American steel products around the world…
Thomas Sowell on Success
“There has now been created a world in which the success of others is a grievance, rather than an example.” -Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell on Society
“Mystical references to ‘society’ and its programs to ‘help’ may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power…
Thomas Sowell on Education
“Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense…
Thomas Sowell on the left
“One of the bittersweet things about growing old is realizing how mistaken you were when you were young. As a young political leftist, I saw…
Thomas Sowell on Prosperity
“It is not money but the volume of goods and services which determines whether a country is poverty-stricken or prosperous.”
Thoma Sowell on Politics and Economics
“The reason that politics usually wins out over economics is that economics is limited to what is possible. A good politician can always do better…
Thomas Sowell on Life
“Life, in general, has never been close to fair. So the pretense that government can make it fair, is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to…
Thomas Sowell on Greed
Those who are always accusing people in the private sector of greed, almost never accuse government of greed, no matter what it does.
Thomas Sowell on Rent Control
Not a single apartment building was built in Melbourne for years after World War 2 because of rent control laws.
Thomas Sowell Stupidest way to do things
It’s hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who…
Thomas Sowell on dumbed down education
One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their…
Thomas Sowell, Left’s Ideas Do Not Work
“The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find…
Thomas Sowell on the Constitution.
“The Constitution cannot protect you, if you don’t protect the Constitution with your votes against anyone who violates it. Those government officials who want more…
