People who know nothing about advertising, nothing about pharmaceuticals, and nothing about economics have been loudly proclaiming that the drug companies spend… — 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 poor are the very lifeblood of the left, attracting activists, supporting among the intelligentsia, and - perhaps most important - allowing… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
People who have never run even a modest little business assert with great certainty and indignation that heads of multinational corporations are… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The promotion of "self-esteem" in our schools has been so successful that people feel free to spout off about all sorts of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
We know - or should know - what lies at the end of the road of racial polarization. A 'race card' is… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Even squirrels know enough to store nuts, so that they will have something to eat when food gets scarce. But the welfare… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
One of the big differences between Democrats and Republicans is that we at least know what the Democrats stand for, whether we… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Of all ignorance, the ignorance of the educated is the most dangerous. Not only are educated people likely to have more influence,… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
We never really know and the very fact that there are such words in the language as disappointment, regret, etc., is testimony… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
One of the reasons for conspiracy theories is an assumption that people in high places always know what they are doing. When… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
However little president Obama knows or cares about economics, he knows a lot about politics - and especially political rhetoric. 'High-speed rail'… — 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
The gun-control crusade today is like the Prohibition crusade 100 years ago. It is a shared zealotry that binds the self-righteous know-it-alls… — 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 Image
There is no bigger waste of time than doing 90% of what is necessary. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“One third of all Scots in the mid-nineteenth century moved from one county to another” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
