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Nothing could be more jolting and discordant with the vision of today's intellectuals than the fact that it was businessmen, devout religious leaders and Western imperialists who together destroyed slavery around the

Nothing could be more jolting and discordant with the vision of today's intellectuals than the fact that it was businessmen, devout religious leaders and Western imperialists who together destroyed slavery around the world. And if it doesn't fit their vision, it is the same to them as if it never happened.

Thomas Sowell
Religious, Leader, Vision
"Ending Slavery". townhall.com. February 08, 2005.

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring.

Thomas Sowell
Caring, Political, Vision

Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision.

Thomas Sowell
Mistake, Decision, Vision

Whether as a radical student, a community organizer or a far left politician, Barack Obama's ideology has been based on a vision of the Haves versus the Have Nots. . .Obama's ideology is an ideology of envy, resentment, and payback.

Thomas Sowell
Envy, Community, Vision

Too often the past has been twisted to fit the visions and agendas of the present.

Thomas Sowell
Past, Vision, Ministry
Thomas Sowell (2010). “Black Rednecks and White Liberals”, p.376, ReadHowYouWant.com

Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barac k Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.

Thomas Sowell
America, Vision, Barack
"Random Thoughts". townhall.com. December 24, 2008.

The greatest danger to the liberal vision are facts about the consequences of liberalism itself and the laws, policies, and ways of life that the left has spawned. That the black family, which survived centuries of slavery and generations of discrimination, has disintegrated in the wake of the liberal welfare states is only one example.

Thomas Sowell
Law, Black, Vision

Nothing as mundane as mere evidence can be allowed to threaten a vision so deeply satisfying.

Thomas Sowell
Vision, Evidence, Mundane
Thomas Sowell (1999). “Barbarians Inside the Gates--and Other Controversial Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

Barack Obama's vision of America is one in which a President of the United States can fire the head of General Motors, tell banks how to bank, control the medical system and take charge of all sorts of other activities for which neither he nor other politicians have any expertise or experience.

Thomas Sowell
Fire, America, Vision

If the truth is boring, civilization is irksome. The constraints inherent in civilized living are frustrating in innumerable ways. Yet those with the vision of the anointed often see these constraints as only arbitrary impositions, things from which they-and we all-can be 'liberated.' The social disintegration which has followed in the wake of such liberation has seldom provoked any serious reconsideration of the whole set of assumptions-the vision-which led to such disasters. That vision is too well insulated from feedback.

Thomas Sowell
Civilization, Vision, Arbitrary

Contrary to the vision of the left, it was the free market which produced affordable housing - before government intervention made housing unaffordable.

Thomas Sowell
Government, Vision, Affordable Housing
Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.92, Hoover Press

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

Thomas Sowell
Divorce, Curiosity, Vision
Thomas Sowell (2007). “A Conflict of Visions: Idealogical Origins of Political Struggles”, p.6, Basic Books

Fundamentalist religion is the most pervasive vision of central planning, though many fundamentalists may oppose human central planning as a usurpation or "playing God.This is consistent with the fundamentalist vision of an unconstrained God and a highly constrained man.

Thomas Sowell
Men, Vision, Society
Thomas Sowell (2007). “A Conflict of Visions: Idealogical Origins of Political Struggles”, p.49, Basic Books

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