Life has many good things. The problem is that most of these good things can be gotten only by sacrificing other good… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Like so many before him who have ruined countries around the world, Obama has a greatly inflated idea of his own capabilities… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
You have to have a sense of humor if you follow politics. Otherwise, the sheer fraudulence of it all will get you… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The inefficiency of political control of an economy has been demonstrated more often, in more places, and under more varied conditions, than… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The political mirage of something for nothing, from leaders who 'care,' has ruined many a nation. — 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
Politicians are forever coming up with 'solutions' to virtually every imaginable imperfection in life. But, if we give them more power and… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Cheap medical care is one of the most expensive things there is. So long as politicians can create the illusion of something… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade.… — 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
People in the political world have every incentive to say things that lead voters away from a clear economic understanding of issues.… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Where intellectuals have played a role in history, it has not been so much by whispering words of advice into the ears… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
You can only confiscate the wealth that exists at a given moment. You cannot confiscate future wealth - and that future wealth… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people… — 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
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
There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
It is truly a triumph of rhetoric over reality when people can believe that going into politics is 'public service,' but that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Our economic problems worry me much less than our political solutions, which have a far worse track record. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The vocabulary of the political left is fascinating. For example, it is considered to be 'materialistic' and 'greedy' to want to keep… — 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
