--- title: "30 Left Quotes By Thomas Sowell" description: "30 Left quotes by Thomas Sowell. Plus more from Thomas Sowell and more Left sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/thomas-sowell-247_century_the-political-left-has-been-weak-on-prot_3074417.jpg" --- > [The political left has been weak on protecting society from criminals for more than two centuries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-political-left-has-been-weak-on-protecting-society-from-criminals/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/thomas-sowell-247_century_the-political-left-has-been-weak-on-prot_3074417.jpg) > [The talkers and writers resent being left on the sidelines by the doers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-talkers-and-writers-resent-being-left-on-the-sidelines-by-the/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/thomas-sowell-247_doers_the-talkers-and-writers-resent-being-lef_370267.jpg) > [“We should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/we-should-not-be-surprised-to-find-the-left-concentrated-in/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/thomas-sowell-247_left_we-should-not-be-surprised-to-find-the-l_2302711.jpg) > [The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-more-people-who-are-dependent-on-government-handouts-the-more/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/thomas-sowell-247_dependent_the-more-people-who-are-dependent-on-gov_1319243.jpg) > [Although the big word on the left is 'compassion,' the big agenda on the left is dependency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/although-the-big-word-on-the-left-is-compassion-the-big-agenda-on-the/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/thomas-sowell-247_agenda_although-the-big-word-on-the-left-is-com_1780095.jpg) > [The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-most-fundamental-fact-about-the-ideas-of-the-political-left-is/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/thomas-sowell-247_ideas_the-most-fundamental-fact-about-the-idea_838950.jpg) > [Those parts of history that would undermine the vision of the Left - which prevails in our education system from elementary school…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/those-parts-of-history-that-would-undermine-the-vision-of-the-left/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/thomas-sowell-247_attention_those-parts-of-history-that-would-underm_1859767.jpg) > [Contrary to the vision of the left, it was the free market which produced affordable housing - before government intervention made housing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/contrary-to-the-vision-of-the-left-it-was-the-free-market-which/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/thomas-sowell-247_affordable_contrary-to-the-vision-of-the-left-it-wa_2330178.jpg) > [What the political left, even in democratic countries, share is the notion that knowledgeable and virtuous people like themselves have both a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/what-the-political-left-even-in-democratic-countries-share-is-the/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc8/thomas-sowell-247_country_what-the-political-left-even-in-democrat_2611759.jpg) > [The left's obsession with the high incomes of corporate executives never seems to extend to equally high - or higher - incomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-left-s-obsession-with-the-high-incomes-of-corporate-executives/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/thomas-sowell-247_athlete_the-left-s-obsession-with-the-high-incom_1709993.jpg) > [Fairness' is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/fairness-is-one-of-the-great-mantras-of-the-left-since-everyone-has/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/thomas-sowell-247_accommodations_fairness-is-one-of-the-great-mantras-of_1126731.jpg) > [The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/thomas-sowell-247_anger_the-vision-of-the-left-full-of-envy-and_477.jpg) > [ANYONE who studies the history of ideas should notice how much more often people on the political left, more so than others,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/anyone-who-studies-the-history-of-ideas-should-notice-how-much-more/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/742/thomas-sowell-247_argument_anyone-who-studies-the-history-of-ideas_346858.jpg) > [Financial institutions are not being bailed out as a favor to them or their stockholders. In fact, stockholders have come out worse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/financial-institutions-are-not-being-bailed-out-as-a-favor-to-them-or/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/thomas-sowell-247_bailouts_financial-institutions-are-not-being-bai_394725.jpg) > [When we hear about rent control or gun control, we may think about rent or guns but the word that really matters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/when-we-hear-about-rent-control-or-gun-control-we-may-think-about/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/thomas-sowell-247_amendment_when-we-hear-about-rent-control-or-gun-c_2734107.jpg) > [The greatest danger to the liberal vision are facts about the consequences of liberalism itself and the laws, policies, and ways of…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/thomas-sowell-247_black_the-greatest-danger-to-the-liberal-visio_32232.jpg) > [The poor are the very lifeblood of the left, attracting activists, supporting among the intelligentsia, and - perhaps most important - allowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-poor-are-the-very-lifeblood-of-the-left-attracting-activists/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/887/thomas-sowell-247_activist_the-poor-are-the-very-lifeblood-of-the-l_696323.jpg) > [If you start from a belief that the most knowledgeable person on earth does not have even one percent of the total…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/if-you-start-from-a-belief-that-the-most-knowledgeable-person-on/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33e/thomas-sowell-247_activism_if-you-start-from-a-belief-that-the-most_2578106.jpg) > [The vocabulary of the political left is fascinating. For example, it is considered to be 'materialistic' and 'greedy' to want to keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-vocabulary-of-the-political-left-is-fascinating-for-example-it-is/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/522/thomas-sowell-247_about-yourself_the-vocabulary-of-the-political-left-is_2549175.jpg) > [The dominant orthodoxy in development economics was that Third World countries were trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty that could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-dominant-orthodoxy-in-development-economics-was-that-third-world/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/thomas-sowell-247_aids_the-dominant-orthodoxy-in-development-ec_863856.jpg) > [People used to complain about 'the idle rich.' But the idle rich did not do the kind of harm being done by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/people-used-to-complain-about-the-idle-rich-but-the-idle-rich-did-not/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/thomas-sowell-247_being-done_people-used-to-complain-about-the-idle-r_298888.jpg) > [Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/without-a-moral-framework-there-is-nothing-left-but-immediate-self/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/thomas-sowell-247_character_without-a-moral-framework-there-is-nothi_1771161.jpg) > [The left takes its vision seriously - more seriously than it takes the rights of other people. They want to be our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-left-takes-its-vision-seriously-more-seriously-than-it-takes-the/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e7/thomas-sowell-247_dreams_the-left-takes-its-vision-seriously-more_1520866.jpg) > [What is especially disturbing about the political left is that they seem to have no sense of the tragedy of the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/what-is-especially-disturbing-about-the-political-left-is-that-they/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c50/thomas-sowell-247_conditions_what-is-especially-disturbing-about-the_501018.jpg) > [There are 3 questions that would destroy most of the arguments of the Left. The first is - compared to what? The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/there-are-3-questions-that-would-destroy-most-of-the-arguments-of-the/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d19/thomas-sowell-247_argument_there-are-3-questions-that-would-destroy_2991205.jpg) > [People who think that they are being exploited should ask themselves whether they would be missed if they left, or whether people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/people-who-think-that-they-are-being-exploited-should-ask-themselves/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/thomas-sowell-247_asks_people-who-think-that-they-are-being-exp_2686902.jpg) > [The only thing better than "hands-on" experience is hands-off experience - enough experience to understand that some things will turn out better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-only-thing-better-than-hands-on-experience-is-hands-off/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/thomas-sowell-247_enough_the-only-thing-better-than-hands-on-expe_641549.jpg) > [Ideological bigotry has become the norm on even our most prestigious campuses, where students can go for years without reading or hearing…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/thomas-sowell-247_bigotry_ideological-bigotry-has-become-the-norm_18747.jpg) > [The idealism of the left is a very selfish idealism. In their war against 'the rich' and big business, they don't care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-idealism-of-the-left-is-a-very-selfish-idealism-in-their-war/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/thomas-sowell-247_big-business_the-idealism-of-the-left-is-a-very-selfi_1293729.jpg) > [Whether as a radical student, a community organizer or a far left politician, Barack Obama's ideology has been based on a vision…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/whether-as-a-radical-student-a-community-organizer-or-a-far-left/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/thomas-sowell-247_barack_whether-as-a-radical-student-a-community_2958565.jpg) ## Other authors on Left ## 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/left/thomas-sowell/#itemlist", "name": "30 Left Quotes By Thomas Sowell", "numberOfItems": 30, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The political left has been weak on protecting society from criminals for more than two centuries.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Sowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-political-left-has-been-weak-on-protecting-society-from-criminals/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/thomas-sowell-247_century_the-political-left-has-been-weak-on-prot_3074417.jpg", "contentUrl": 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