--- title: "19 Ifs Quotes By Walter E. Williams" description: "19 Ifs quotes by Walter E. Williams. Plus more from Walter E. Williams and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/walter-e-williams-2709_constitution_if-the-constitution-framers-would-come-b_2079803.png" --- > [If the Constitution framers would come back today, they would have contempt for most of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/if-the-constitution-framers-would-come-back-today-they-would-have/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/walter-e-williams-2709_constitution_if-the-constitution-framers-would-come-b_2079803.png) > [If one person has a right to something he did not earn, of necessity it requires that another person not have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/if-one-person-has-a-right-to-something-he-did-not-earn-of-necessity/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/walter-e-williams-2709_economic_if-one-person-has-a-right-to-something-h_360366.jpg) > [I don't know about you, but if you hear that Williams guns have been taken, you'll know Williams is dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/i-don-t-know-about-you-but-if-you-hear-that-williams-guns-have-been/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7f/walter-e-williams-2709_carrying-guns_i-don-t-know-about-you-but-if-you-hear-t_2174737.png) > [If grade inflation continues, a college bachelor's degree will have just as much credibility as a high school diploma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/if-grade-inflation-continues-a-college-bachelor-s-degree-will-have/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/walter-e-williams-2709_bachelors_if-grade-inflation-continues-a-college-b_2832410.png) > [If the States do not have the right to secede, then they have no rights at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/if-the-states-do-not-have-the-right-to-secede-then-they-have-no/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a7/walter-e-williams-2709_ifs_if-the-states-do-not-have-the-right-to-s_1377719.png) > [If you hate my guts and have designs to hurt me, and I see you building a cannon aimed at my house,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/if-you-hate-my-guts-and-have-designs-to-hurt-me-and-i-see-you/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/walter-e-williams-2709_building_if-you-hate-my-guts-and-have-designs-to_1028330.png) > [If our country is to survive and prosper, we must summon the courage to condemn and reject the liberal agenda, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/if-our-country-is-to-survive-and-prosper-we-must-summon-the-courage/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/walter-e-williams-2709_agendas_if-our-country-is-to-survive-and-prosper_440349.png) > [However, if we wish to be compassionate with our fellow man, we must learn to engage in dispassionate analysis. In other words,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/however-if-we-wish-to-be-compassionate-with-our-fellow-man-we-must/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/walter-e-williams-2709_analysis_however-if-we-wish-to-be-compassionate-w_1442378.jpg) > [Today's liberals wish to disarm us so they can run their evil and oppressive agenda on us. The fight against crime is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/today-s-liberals-wish-to-disarm-us-so-they-can-run-their-evil-and/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/walter-e-williams-2709_agendas_today-s-liberals-wish-to-disarm-us-so-th_2038667.png) > [Thou shalt not steal unless thou hast a majority vote in Congress… I'm healthy; subsidized prescription drugs won't do me much good.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/thou-shalt-not-steal-unless-thou-hast-a-majority-vote-in-congress-i-m/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/walter-e-williams-2709_congress_thou-shalt-not-steal-unless-thou-hast-a_1981549.png) > [If we buy into the notion that somehow property rights are less important, or are in conflict with, human or civil rights,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/if-we-buy-into-the-notion-that-somehow-property-rights-are-less/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/walter-e-williams-2709_civil-rights_if-we-buy-into-the-notion-that-somehow-p_705566.png) > [If there's a distinct group of Americans who harbor open contempt for constitutional principles and rule of law, it's lawyers, judges and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/if-there-s-a-distinct-group-of-americans-who-harbor-open-contempt-for/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f1/walter-e-williams-2709_congress_if-there-s-a-distinct-group-of-americans_202680.jpg) > [There is no question that if one were to ask whether we Americans are moving towards more liberty or more government control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/there-is-no-question-that-if-one-were-to-ask-whether-we-americans-are/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/walter-e-williams-2709_all-time_there-is-no-question-that-if-one-were-to_790935.png) > [If we're ignorant of the historical sacrifices that made our liberties possible, we will be less likely to make the sacrifices again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/if-we-re-ignorant-of-the-historical-sacrifices-that-made-our/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/walter-e-williams-2709_casts_if-we-re-ignorant-of-the-historical-sacr_1140123.jpg) > [The message coming out of Washington, especially from our leftist politicians and the news media, is that we solve our budget problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/the-message-coming-out-of-washington-especially-from-our-leftist/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/walter-e-williams-2709_appetite_the-message-coming-out-of-washington-esp_2422717.jpg) > [The bottom line is that if politicians weren't in the business of granting favors and exacting tribute, every single issue surrounding campaign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/the-bottom-line-is-that-if-politicians-weren-t-in-the-business-of/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/walter-e-williams-2709_access_the-bottom-line-is-that-if-politicians-w_2780606.png) > [Take Washington, D.C., which spends over $10,000 per student for education whose student achievement would be dead last if Mississippi chose to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/take-washington-d-c-which-spends-over-10-000-per-student-for/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/walter-e-williams-2709_achievement_take-washington-d-c-which-spends-over-10_1293192.jpg) > [Diversity worship and multiculturalism are currency and cause for celebration at just about any college. If one is black, brown, yellow or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/diversity-worship-and-multiculturalism-are-currency-and-cause-for/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/walter-e-williams-2709_achievement_diversity-worship-and-multiculturalism-a_2099041.png) > [Say that Congress legislates gasoline price controls that sets a maximum price of $1 a gallon. As sure as night follows day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/say-that-congress-legislates-gasoline-price-controls-that-sets-a/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/walter-e-williams-2709_average_say-that-congress-legislates-gasoline-pr_2656863.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Walter E. Williams > [Vote for me. I'll use my office to take another American's money and give it to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/vote-for-me-i-ll-use-my-office-to-take-another-american-s-money-and/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [Elect me to office. I will protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Because there's no constitutional authority for Congress spending on the objects of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/elect-me-to-office-i-will-protect-and-defend-the-u-s-constitution/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [More important than anything else is for Americans to wise up to class warfare demagoguery and reject the politics of envy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/more-important-than-anything-else-is-for-americans-to-wise-up-to/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [Wal-Mart has become the whipping boy for political demagogues, unions and anti-traders. I suggest that they have the wrong target… Wal-Mart exists and prospers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/wal-mart-has-become-the-whipping-boy-for-political-demagogues-unions/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [When the Founders thought of democracy, they saw democracy in the political sphere - a sphere strictly limited by the Constitution's well-defined and enumerated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/when-the-founders-thought-of-democracy-they-saw-democracy-in-the/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [Reaching into one's own pocket to assist his fellow man is noble and worthy of praise. Reaching into another person's pocket to assist one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/reaching-into-one-s-own-pocket-to-assist-his-fellow-man-is-noble-and/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [If there's a distinct group of Americans who harbor open contempt for constitutional principles and rule of law, it's lawyers, judges and members of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/if-there-s-a-distinct-group-of-americans-who-harbor-open-contempt-for/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. First, let's make sure we understand what government spending is. Since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/conservatives-and-liberals-are-kindred-spirits-as-far-as-government/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [Students who are alien and hostile to the education process ought to be removed. You say, "What will we do with them?" I say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/students-who-are-alien-and-hostile-to-the-education-process-ought-to/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/minimum-wage-laws-are-one-of-the-most-powerful-tools-in-the-arsenal/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [What we call the market is really a democratic process involving millions, and in some markets billions, of people making personal decisions that express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/what-we-call-the-market-is-really-a-democratic-process-involving/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [The bottom line is that the true test of one's commitment to freedom of association doesn't come when he allows people to associate in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/the-bottom-line-is-that-the-true-test-of-one-s-commitment-to-freedom/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [The difference between a thief and a congressman: When a thief steals your money, he doesn't expect you to thank him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/the-difference-between-a-thief-and-a-congressman-when-a-thief-steals/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [The global warming scare has provided a field day for politicians and others who wish to control our lives. After all, only the imagination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/the-global-warming-scare-has-provided-a-field-day-for-politicians-and/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) > [Legislators aren't known for being rocket scientists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/legislators-aren-t-known-for-being-rocket-scientists/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/walter-e-williams/#itemlist", "name": "19 Ifs Quotes By Walter E. Williams", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the Constitution framers would come back today, they would have contempt for most of us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter E. 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