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Thomas Sowell Quotes - Page 11

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Hilary Clinton said you know, it takes a village to raise a child and somebody said it takes a village idiot to believe that … it is part of the whole thing of third parties wanting to make decisions for which they pay

Hilary Clinton said you know, it takes a village to raise a child and somebody said it takes a village idiot to believe that … it is part of the whole thing of third parties wanting to make decisions for which they pay no price for when they’re wrong.

Children, Party, Believe

If you have a right to respect, that means other people don't have a right to their own opinions.

Mean, Patriotic, People

Thomas Sowell (2006). “Ever Wonder Why? and Other Controversial Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.

Philosophy, Political, Income Distribution

When you start off by telling those who disagree with you that they are not merely in error but in sin, how much of a dialogue do you expect?

Errors, Sin, Human Nature

When I see the worsening degeneracy in our politicians, our media, our educators, and our intelligentsia, I can't help wondering if the day may yet come when the only thing that can save this country is a military coup.

Country, Military, Media

"Don’t Get Weak" by Thomas Sowell, www.nationalreview.com. May 1, 2007.

The welfare state shields people from the consequences of their own mistakes, allowing irresponsibility to continue and to flourish among ever wider circles of people.

Mistake, Circles, People

The desire to order other people around and make them conform to one own's vision takes many forms.

Gun, Order, People

Thomas Sowell (1993). “Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

The gun-control crusade today is like the Prohibition crusade 100 years ago. It is a shared zealotry that binds the self-righteous know-it-alls in a warm fellowship of those who see themselves as fighting on the side of the angels against the forces of evil. It is a lofty role that they are not about to give up for anything so mundane as facts - or even the lives of other people.

Giving Up, Angel, Fighting

Most variables can show either an upward or downward trend, depending on the base year chosen.

Science, Years, Variables

Thomas Sowell (1995). “The Vision of the Anointed: Self-congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy”, p.102, Basic Books

High tax rates in the upper income brackets allow politicians to win votes with class warfare rhetoric, painting their opponents as defenders of the rich. Meanwhile, the same politicians can win donations from the rich by creating tax loopholes that can keep the rich from actually paying those higher tax rates - or perhaps any taxes at all. What is worse than class warfare is phony class warfare. Slippery talk about 'fairness' is at the heart of this fraud by politicians seeking to squander more of the nation's resources.

Heart, Winning, Class

I'm always embarrassed when people say that I'm courageous. Soldiers are courageous. Policemen are courageous. Firemen are courageous. I just have a thick hide and disregard what silly people say.

Silly, People, Soldier

"Live: Thomas Sowell". Interview with David Isaac, www.aei.org. January 1, 2004.

All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics.

Political, Pay, Moral

High tax rates that people don't actually pay do not bring the government as much revenue as lower tax rates that they do pay.

Government, People, Pay

One undeniable accomplishment of Bill Clinton's presidency was that it kept Jimmy Carter from being the worst U.S. president in history.

Accomplishment, President, Bills

"Random Thoughts". www.jewishworldreview.com. August 15, 2002.

The economic disasters of socialism and communism come from assuming a blanket superiority of those who want to run a whole economy.

Running, Want, Assuming

You have to have a sense of humor if you follow politics. Otherwise, the sheer fraudulence of it all will get you down.

Political, Sense Of Humor, Sheer

How you treat the helpless is the real test of morality. Lots of people are flunking that test big time.

Real, War, People

Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens.

Jobs, Taken, Mean

Interview with John Hawkins, rightwingnews.com. February 8, 2012.

As an economist, whenever I hear the word shortage I wait for the other shoe to drop. That other shoe is usually price control.

Shoes, Waiting, Economist

How much more of an injustice is it that people who work get more money than people who don't work?

People, Injustice, More Money

Wal-Mart has done more for poor people then any ten liberals, at least nine of whom are almost guaranteed to hate Wal-Mart.

Hate, People, Done

Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.405, ReadHowYouWant.com

Those who want to "spread the wealth" almost invariably seek to concentrate the power. It happens too often, and in too many different countries around the world, to be a coincidence. Which is more dangerous, inequalities of wealth or concentrations of power?

Country, Different, World

Intellectuals may like to think of themselves as people who "speak truth to power" but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power.

Lying, Thinking, People

"Random thoughts" by Thomas Sowell, townhall.com. February 25, 2004.

Senator John McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama can cause me to vote for McCain.

Politics, Causes, Vote

A recent poll showed that nearly half the American public believes that the government should redistribute wealth. That so many people are so willing to blithely put such an enormous and dangerous arbitrary power in the hands of politicians-\-\risking their own freedom, in hopes of getting what someone else has-\-\is a painful sign of how far many citizens and voters fall short of what is needed to preserve a democratic republic

Believe, Fall, Government

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