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Thomas Sowell Quotes about Liberty

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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.

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

Diversity, Important, Liberty

"Random Thoughts". Column at Jewish World Review, www.jewishworldreview.com. July 31, 1998.

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.

President, Liberty, Complaining

Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.328, Hoover Press

We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.

Liberty, Economic, Responsible

Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.332, Hoover Press

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

Intellectual, Liberty, Records

Thomas Sowell (2011). “The Thomas Sowell Reader”, p.144, Basic Books

There is nothing so bad that politics cannot make it worse.

Political, Liberty, Libertarian

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

Liberty, Talent, Victim

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.

Inspirational, Liberty, Libertarian

Thomas Sowell (1996). “Knowledge And Decisions”, p.79, Basic Books

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.

Past, Gdp, Liberty

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

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

Reality, Liberty, Littles

Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent of the people?"

Years, People, Liberty

Compassion is the use of public funds to buy votes

Compassion, Liberty, Democracy

Why is history important? Without history, many people have no idea how many of today's half-baked ideas have been tried, again and again - and have repeatedly led to disaster. Most of these ideas are not new. They are just being recycled with re-treaded rhetoric.

Ideas, People, Liberty

Capitalism is not an 'ism.' It is closer to being the opposite of an 'ism,' because it is simply the freedom of ordinary people to make whatever economic transactions they can mutually agree to.

Opposites, People, Liberty

Asking liberals where wages and prices come from is like asking six-year-olds where babies come from.

Baby, Years, Liberty

No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: 'But what would you replace it with?' When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?

Fire, Liberty, Matter

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

Why the transfer of decisions from those with personal experience and a stake in the outcome to those with neither can be expected to lead to better decisions is a question seldom asked, much less answered.

Decision, Liberty, Outcomes

The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity.

Competition, Desire, Liberty

Thomas Sowell (1996). “Knowledge And Decisions”, p.225, Basic Books

When government takes away options, it is bound to make some people worse off, even with intrinsicallly good intentions behind that government intervention.

Government, People, Liberty

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