Leaders Lie Quotes by Larry Elder

My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's…

— Larry Elder

Optimism. It's not just a mind-set, it is behavior.

— Larry Elder

Good motives aside, white condescension does more damage than good. White condescension says to a black child, 'The rules used by other ethnic groups…

— Larry Elder

Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.

— Larry Elder

According to the Social Security Administration, in 1945, 41.9 workers supported each individual retiree, while today only 3.3 workers support each retiree. This system cannot continue.

— Larry Elder

People value and spend their money more wisely when they acquire it by their own efforts - also known as work.

— Larry Elder

In the last 1,000 years, the Arabs have translated as many books as Spain translates in just one year.

— Larry Elder

Raising a child is an on-the-job kind of thing. There aren't a whole lot of manuals for that.

— Larry Elder

But did the Founding Fathers ever intend for the federal government to involve itself in education, health care or retirement benefits? The answer, quite…

— Larry Elder

Because Fox News is allegedly biased in favor of conservatives, critics whine like children whose lunch money got snatched. Conservatives have been pummeled for…

— Larry Elder

The welfare state is an assault on families.

— Larry Elder

Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive…

— Larry Elder

Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the scholars wondered,…

— Larry Elder

People-to-people charity is more efficient, less costly, more human and compassionate, and more likely to inspire change and self-sufficiency in the beneficiary.

— Larry Elder

The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.

— Larry Elder