What 'eminent domain' laws mean in practice is that politicians have a right to seize your property and turn it over to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Too many people - some of them judges - seem to think that freedom of speech means freedom from consequences for what… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
It may be expecting too much to expect most intellectuals to have common sense, when their whole life is based on their… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
What does 'economic justice' mean, except that you want something that someone else produced, without having to produce anything yourself in return? — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
An e-mail from a reader says that liberals like to take the moral high ground, even though their own moral relativism means… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Perhaps people who are gushing over the Obama Cult today might do well to stop and think about what it would mean… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If you have a right to respect, that means other people don't have a right to their own opinions. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
People who believe in 'universal health care' show remarkably little interest - usually none - in finding out what that phrase turns… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Fairness' is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word is a… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
It is amazing how many people act as if the right to free speech includes the right to be free of criticism… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
To the economically illiterate, if some company makes a million dollars in profit, this means that their products cost a million dollars… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
'Fair' is one of the most dangerous concepts in politics. Since no two people are likely to agree on what is 'fair,'… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
What does calling this medical care legislation "historic" mean? It means that previous administrations gave up the idea when it became clear… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
An independent judiciary does not mean judges independent of the Constitution from which they derive their power or independent of the laws… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If you believe in equal rights, then what do “women’s rights,” “gay rights,” etc., mean? Either they are redundant or they are… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Most Americans living below the official poverty line own a car or truck - and government entitlement programs seldom provide cars and… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
After political crusades for 'affordable housing' ended up ruining the housing market and much of the economy with it, many of the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
We're not a socialist country, because the socialists believe in government ownership in the means of production, but the fascists believe that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Any judicial nominee who has said that the Constitution means what it says, not what judges would like it to mean, is… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The most basic inherent constraint is that neither time nor wisdom are free goods available in unlimited quantity. This means that in… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn means fewer sales of American steel products… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The law of diminishing returns means that even the most beneficial prinicple will become harmful if carried far enough. — 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
