--- title: "17 Dangerous Quotes By Thomas Sowell" description: "17 Dangerous quotes by Thomas Sowell. Plus more from Thomas Sowell and more Dangerous sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/thomas-sowell-247_america_any-politician-who-can-be-elected-only-b_529350.jpg" --- > [Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/any-politician-who-can-be-elected-only-by-turning-americans-against/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/thomas-sowell-247_america_any-politician-who-can-be-elected-only-b_529350.jpg) > [It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/it-is-hard-to-imagine-a-more-stupid-or-more-dangerous-way-of-making/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/thomas-sowell-247_being-wrong_it-is-hard-to-imagine-a-more-stupid-or-m_668616.jpg) > [Government's power to bully people who have broken no law is dangerous to all of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/government-s-power-to-bully-people-who-have-broken-no-law-is/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d1/thomas-sowell-247_broken_government-s-power-to-bully-people-who-h_1963953.jpg) > [The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-idea-that-money-is-corrupting-innocent-politicians-would-be/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/thomas-sowell-247_dangerous_the-idea-that-money-is-corrupting-innoce_152658.jpg) > [Right after liberal Democrats, the most dangerous politicians are country club Republicans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/right-after-liberal-democrats-the-most-dangerous-politicians-are/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/thomas-sowell-247_clubs_right-after-liberal-democrats-the-most-d_1166346.jpg) > [The real culprits are those who created a system that makes it dangerous to work and safe to loaf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-real-culprits-are-those-who-created-a-system-that-makes-it/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/thomas-sowell-247_culprit_the-real-culprits-are-those-who-created_2584241.jpg) > [Egalitarians create the most dangerous inequality of all - inequality of power. Allowing politicians to determine what all other human beings will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/egalitarians-create-the-most-dangerous-inequality-of-all-inequality/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/thomas-sowell-247_allowing_egalitarians-create-the-most-dangerous-i_1836671.jpg) > [Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/lofty-talk-about-social-justice-or-fairness-boils-down-to-greatly/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/thomas-sowell-247_blank_lofty-talk-about-social-justice-or-fairn_2026067.jpg) > [Those who wrote the Constitution clearly understood that power is dangerous and needs to be limited by being separated - separated not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/those-who-wrote-the-constitution-clearly-understood-that-power-is/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/thomas-sowell-247_branches_those-who-wrote-the-constitution-clearly_2529298.jpg) > [Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/ours-may-become-the-first-civilization-destroyed-not-by-the-power-of/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f9/thomas-sowell-247_age_ours-may-become-the-first-civilization-d_196179.jpg) > [One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/one-of-the-common-failings-among-honorable-people-is-a-failure-to/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb7/thomas-sowell-247_dangerous_one-of-the-common-failings-among-honorab_625327.jpg) > ['Fair' is one of the most dangerous concepts in politics. Since no two people are likely to agree on what is 'fair,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/fair-is-one-of-the-most-dangerous-concepts-in-politics-since-no-two/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f2/thomas-sowell-247_agree_fair-is-one-of-the-most-dangerous-concep_1416999.jpg) > [Those who want to "spread the wealth" almost invariably seek to concentrate the power. It happens too often, and in too many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/those-who-want-to-spread-the-wealth-almost-invariably-seek-to/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eee/thomas-sowell-247_around-the-world_those-who-want-to-spread-the-wealth-almo_3097039.jpg) > [Of all ignorance, the ignorance of the educated is the most dangerous. Not only are educated people likely to have more influence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/of-all-ignorance-the-ignorance-of-the-educated-is-the-most-dangerous/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/thomas-sowell-247_dangerous_of-all-ignorance-the-ignorance-of-the-ed_2117545.jpg) > [A recent poll showed that nearly half the American public believes that the government should redistribute wealth. That so many people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/a-recent-poll-showed-that-nearly-half-the-american-public-believes/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/thomas-sowell-247_arbitrary_a-recent-poll-showed-that-nearly-half-th_1159766.jpg) > [Barack Obama has done more than anyone else to promote the dangerous illusion that we can choose whether to have a war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/barack-obama-has-done-more-than-anyone-else-to-promote-the-dangerous/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/thomas-sowell-247_barack_barack-obama-has-done-more-than-anyone-e_2849701.jpg) > [We know - or should know - what lies at the end of the road of racial polarization. A 'race card' is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/we-know-or-should-know-what-lies-at-the-end-of-the-road-of-racial/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/040/thomas-sowell-247_cards_we-know-or-should-know-what-lies-at-the_1956851.jpg) ## Other authors on Dangerous ## More by Thomas Sowell > [The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-vision-of-the-left-full-of-envy-and-resentment-takes-its-worst/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [There is no bigger waste of time than doing 90% of what is necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/there-is-no-bigger-waste-of-time-than-doing-90-of-what-is-necessary/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/if-you-have-always-believed-that-everyone-should-play-by-the-same/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/in-1962-democratic-president-john-f-kennedy-like-both-democratic-and/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [Ideological bigotry has become the norm on even our most prestigious campuses, where students can go for years without reading or hearing anything that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/ideological-bigotry-has-become-the-norm-on-even-our-most-prestigious/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/bailing-out-people-who-made-ill-advised-mortgages-makes-no-more-sense/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [“One third of all Scots in the mid-nineteenth century moved from one county to another”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/one-third-of-all-scots-in-the-mid-nineteenth-century-moved-from-one/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [The difference is that we have the hardest and most painful evidence that there was a Holocaust. But, for the global warming scenario that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-difference-is-that-we-have-the-hardest-and-most-painful-evidence/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [“Just as price fluctuations allocate scarce resources which have alternative uses, price controls which limit those fluctuations reduce the incentives for individuals to limit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/just-as-price-fluctuations-allocate-scarce-resources-which-have/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [The greatest danger to the liberal vision are facts about the consequences of liberalism itself and the laws, policies, and ways of life that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-greatest-danger-to-the-liberal-vision-are-facts-about-the/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [Having spent years ruining the housing markets with their interference, leading to a housing meltdown that has taken the whole economy down with it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/having-spent-years-ruining-the-housing-markets-with-their/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [Do all children have some inherent right to live in America if they have done nothing wrong? If not, then why should the children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/do-all-children-have-some-inherent-right-to-live-in-america-if-they/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [What 'eminent domain' laws mean in practice is that politicians have a right to seize your property and turn it over to someone else,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/what-eminent-domain-laws-mean-in-practice-is-that-politicians-have-a/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [“those parts of the British Isles without the advantage of coal deposits or ports, industrialization was as handicapped as in other countries.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/those-parts-of-the-british-isles-without-the-advantage-of-coal/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) > [The whole idea of equal justice under law is completely incompatible with the idea of judges deciding cases according to "empathy".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-whole-idea-of-equal-justice-under-law-is-completely-incompatible/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dangerous/thomas-sowell/#itemlist", "name": "17 Dangerous Quotes By Thomas Sowell", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Sowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/any-politician-who-can-be-elected-only-by-turning-americans-against/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/thomas-sowell-247_america_any-politician-who-can-be-elected-only-b_529350.jpg", "contentUrl": 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