--- title: "2 Political power Quotes By Thomas Sowell" description: "2 Political power quotes by Thomas Sowell. Plus more from Thomas Sowell and more Political power sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/thomas-sowell-247_accomplished_like-so-many-before-him-who-have-ruined_1261992.jpg" --- > [Like so many before him who have ruined countries around the world, Obama has a greatly inflated idea of his own capabilities and the capabilities off what can be accomplished by rhetoric or even by political power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/like-so-many-before-him-who-have-ruined-countries-around-the-world/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/thomas-sowell-247_accomplished_like-so-many-before-him-who-have-ruined_1261992.jpg) > [“Because the common law was not simply the creature of political power-holders, it became another of the forces for separation of powers and of rights limiting the scope of officials.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/because-the-common-law-was-not-simply-the-creature-of-political-power/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/thomas-sowell-247_common-law_because-the-common-law-was-not-simply-th_1525835.jpg) ## Other authors on Political power - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-daron-acemoglu-26873.jpg) Daron Acemoğlu 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/political-power/daron-acemo-lu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-plato-75782.jpg) Plato 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/political-power/plato/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alexander-whyte-11059.jpg) Robert Caro 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/political-power/robert-caro/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-howard-zinn-42481.jpg) Howard Zinn 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/political-power/howard-zinn/) ## 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/political-power/thomas-sowell/#itemlist", "name": "2 Political power Quotes By Thomas Sowell", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Like so many before him who have ruined countries around the world, Obama has a greatly inflated idea of his own capabilities and the capabilities off what can be accomplished by rhetoric or even by political power.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Sowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/like-so-many-before-him-who-have-ruined-countries-around-the-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/thomas-sowell-247_accomplished_like-so-many-before-him-who-have-ruined_1261992.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/thomas-sowell-247_accomplished_like-so-many-before-him-who-have-ruined_1261992.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/thomas-sowell-247_accomplished_like-so-many-before-him-who-have-ruined_1261992.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Like so many before him who have ruined countries around the world, Obama has a greatly inflated idea of his…” — Thomas Sowell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Because the common law was not simply the creature of political power-holders, it became another of the forces for separation of powers and of rights limiting the scope of officials.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Sowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/because-the-common-law-was-not-simply-the-creature-of-political-power/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/thomas-sowell-247_common-law_because-the-common-law-was-not-simply-th_1525835.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/thomas-sowell-247_common-law_because-the-common-law-was-not-simply-th_1525835.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/thomas-sowell-247_common-law_because-the-common-law-was-not-simply-th_1525835.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Because the common law was not simply the creature of political power-holders, it became another of the…” — Thomas Sowell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/political-power/thomas-sowell/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/political-power/thomas-sowell/", "name": "Political power Quotes by Thomas Sowell", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/political-power/thomas-sowell/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/thomas-sowell-247_accomplished_like-so-many-before-him-who-have-ruined_1261992.jpg" }, "description": "2 Political power quotes by Thomas Sowell. 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