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Thomas Sowell Quotes: "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."

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.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Racism is not dead, but it is on life support -- kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as 'racists'"

Racism is not dead, but it is on life support -- kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as 'racists'




Thomas Sowell Quotes: "It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance."

It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected."

Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.




Thomas Sowell Quotes: "The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department."

The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "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."

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.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "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."

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.




Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it."

Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics."

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "It is bad enough that so many people believe things without any evidence. What is worse is that some people have no conception of evidence and regard facts as just someone else's opinion."

It is bad enough that so many people believe things without any evidence. What is worse is that some people have no conception of evidence and regard facts as just someone else's opinion.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "The real minimum wage is zero."

The real minimum wage is zero.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "The left takes its vision seriously - more seriously than it takes the rights of other people. They want to be our shepherds. But that requires us to be sheep."

The left takes its vision seriously - more seriously than it takes the rights of other people. They want to be our shepherds. But that requires us to be sheep.




Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders."

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "In a democracy, we have always had to worry about the ignorance of the uneducated. Today we have to worry about the ignorance of people with college degrees."

In a democracy, we have always had to worry about the ignorance of the uneducated. Today we have to worry about the ignorance of people with college degrees.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?"

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture."

What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win."

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites."

It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible."

You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "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."

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.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "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 proved disastrous before, time and again."

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 proved disastrous before, time and again.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism."

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites."

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce."

No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination."

Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination."

When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric."

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality."

Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'"

The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all."

Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "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 back to them flamboyantly."

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 back to them flamboyantly.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers."

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "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."

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.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young."

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality."

Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral."

Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism."

Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "What exactly is your 'fair share' of what 'someone else' has worked for?"

What exactly is your 'fair share' of what 'someone else' has worked for?



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets."

Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good."

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "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."

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.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims."

There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "People who talk incessantly about "change" are often dogmatically set in their ways. They want to change other people."

People who talk incessantly about "change" are often dogmatically set in their ways. They want to change other people.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about."

A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "If you truly believe in the brotherhood of man, then you must believe that blacks are just as capable of being racists as whites are."

If you truly believe in the brotherhood of man, then you must believe that blacks are just as capable of being racists as whites are.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings."

The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending."

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.



Thomas Sowell Quotes: "In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities."

In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities.