Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Thomas Sowell quotes, Thomas Sowell sayings, and Thomas Sowell proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
Civil rights used to be about treating everyone the same. But today some people are so used to special treatment that equal treatment is considered to be discrimination.Thomas Sowell
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The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings. Thomas Sowell
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If you believe in equal rights, then what do "women's rights," "gay rights," etc., mean? Either they are redundant or they are violations of the principle of equal rights for all.Thomas Sowell
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Economics is concerned with what emerges, not what anyone intended.Thomas Sowell
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What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of disregarding facts.Thomas Sowell
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The real culprits are those who created a system that makes it dangerous to work and safe to loaf.Thomas Sowell
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In Washington, the clearer a statement is, the more certain it is to be followed by a 'clarification' when people realize what was said.Thomas Sowell
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Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.Thomas Sowell
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Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.Thomas Sowell
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The political mirage of something for nothing, from leaders who 'care,' has ruined many a nation.Thomas Sowell
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How you treat the helpless is the real test of morality. Lots of people are flunking that test big time.Thomas Sowell
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It's amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.Thomas Sowell
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What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.Thomas Sowell
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Disagree with someone on the right and he is likely to think you obtuse, wrong, foolish, a dope. Disagree with someone on the left, and he is more likely to think you selfish, a sell-out, insensitive, possibly evil.Thomas Sowell
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The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.Thomas Sowell
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People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.Thomas Sowell
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What do you call it when someone steals money secretly? Theft. What do you call it when someone takes money by force? Robbery. What do you call it when a politician takes someone else's money and gives it to someone likely to vote for him? Social Justice.Thomas Sowell
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Old age at least gives me an excuse for not being very good at things.Thomas Sowell
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Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data.Thomas Sowell
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As for gun control advocates, I have no hope that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking.Thomas Sowell
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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.Thomas Sowell
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The strongest argument for socialism is that it sounds good. The strongest argument against socialism is that it doesn't work. But those who live by words will always have a soft spot in their hearts for socialism because it sounds so good.Thomas Sowell
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Neither the depth of despondency nor the height of euphoria tells you how long either will last. Thomas Sowell
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Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.Thomas Sowell
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