The left takes its vision seriously - more seriously than it takes the rights of other people. They want to be our… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Politics is largely the process of taking credit and putting the blame on others - regardless of what the facts may be. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Senator John McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama can cause me to vote… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The great allure of government programs in general for many people is that these programs allow decisions to be made without having… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Just as any moron can destroy a priceless Ming vase, so the shallow and ill-educated people who run our schools can undermine… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
What makes it possible for politicians to do so many things that are economically counterproductive is that neither the public nor the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
People who believe in evolution in biology often believe in creationism in government. In other words, they believe that the universe and… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Both history and contemporary data show that countries prosper more when there are stable and dependable rules, under which people can make… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Virtually everything that the government does costs more than when the same thing is done in private industry - whether it is… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The vocabulary of the political left is fascinating. For example, it is considered to be 'materialistic' and 'greedy' to want to keep… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If you start from a belief that the most knowledgeable person on earth does not have even one percent of the total… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that it has… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Since the government creates no wealth, it can only transfer the wealth required to hire people. Even if the government creates a… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Securities based on risky mortgages are what toppled financial institutions but it was the government that made the mortgages risky in the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The difference between a policy and a crusade is that a policy is judged by its results, while a crusade is judged… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The government is indeed an institution, but "the market" is nothing more than an option for each individual to chose among numerous… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The fatal attraction of government is that it allows busybodies to impose decisions on others without paying any price themselves. That enables… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If you have ever seen a four-year-old trying to lord it over a two-year-old, then you know what the basic problem of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The government does not have some magic wand that can 'bring down the cost of health care.' It can buy a smaller… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
High tax rates that people don't actually pay do not bring the government as much revenue as lower tax rates that they… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If politicians stopped meddling with things they don't understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Wal-Mart has done more for poor people then any ten liberals, at least nine of whom are almost guaranteed to hate Wal-Mart. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Minimum wage laws appear to give low-income workers something for nothing—and appearances are what count in politics. Realities can be left to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When I see the worsening degeneracy in our politicians, our media, our educators, and our intelligentsia, I can't help wondering if the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Contrary to the vision of the left, it was the free market which produced affordable housing - before government intervention made housing… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
What is politically defined as economic planning is the forcible superseding of other people's plans by Government officials. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The reason so many problems do not get solved in Washington is that solving those problems is not the No. 1 priority:… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The most basic function of government is to provide a framework of law and order, within which the people are free to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade.… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When government takes away options, it is bound to make some people worse off, even with intrinsicallly good intentions behind that government… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
What 'eminent domain' laws mean in practice is that politicians have a right to seize your property and turn it over to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The inefficiency of political control of an economy has been demonstrated more often, in more places, and under more varied conditions, than… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
“In 1962, Democratic President John F. Kennedy, like both Democratic and Republican Presidents and Secretaries of the Treasury in earlier years, pointed out that “it… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
Ideological bigotry has become the norm on even our most prestigious campuses, where students can go for years without reading or hearing anything that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
Bailing out people who made ill-advised mortgages makes no more sense that bailing out people who lost their life savings in Las Vegas casinos. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
“One third of all Scots in the mid-nineteenth century moved from one county to another” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
The difference is that we have the hardest and most painful evidence that there was a Holocaust. But, for the global warming scenario that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
“Just as price fluctuations allocate scarce resources which have alternative uses, price controls which limit those fluctuations reduce the incentives for individuals to limit… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
The greatest danger to the liberal vision are facts about the consequences of liberalism itself and the laws, policies, and ways of life that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
Having spent years ruining the housing markets with their interference, leading to a housing meltdown that has taken the whole economy down with it,… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
Do all children have some inherent right to live in America if they have done nothing wrong? If not, then why should the children… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
What 'eminent domain' laws mean in practice is that politicians have a right to seize your property and turn it over to someone else,… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
“those parts of the British Isles without the advantage of coal deposits or ports, industrialization was as handicapped as in other countries.” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
The whole idea of equal justice under law is completely incompatible with the idea of judges deciding cases according to "empathy". — Thomas Sowell Copy Share
