Politician Quotes by Thomas Sowell

The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation...

— Thomas Sowell

You may scoff at the Tooth Fairy if you like. But the Tooth Fairy's approach has gotten more politicians elected than any…

— Thomas Sowell

Right after liberal Democrats, the most dangerous politicians are country club Republicans.

— Thomas Sowell

What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?

— Thomas Sowell

How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on and stop getting swept away…

— Thomas Sowell

People who refuse to accept unpleasant truths have no right to complain about politicians who lie to them. What other kind of…

— Thomas Sowell

Compassion is good but politicians have turned compassion into the welfare state.

— Thomas Sowell

There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else.

— Thomas Sowell

People who believe in evolution in biology often believe in creationism in government. In other words, they believe that the universe and…

— Thomas Sowell

Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a…

— Thomas Sowell

If politicians were serious about day care for children, instead of just sloganizing about it, nothing they could do would improve the…

— Thomas Sowell

It is amazing how many of the intelligentsia call it "greed" to want to keep what you have earned, but not greed…

— Thomas Sowell

Cheap medical care is one of the most expensive things there is. So long as politicians can create the illusion of something…

— Thomas Sowell

Racism is not dead, but it is on life support -- kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a…

— Thomas Sowell

In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political strategy, so long as the goose does not…

— Thomas Sowell

What do you call it when someone steals someone else's money secretly? Theft. What do you call it when someone takes someone…

— Thomas Sowell

More frightening to me than any policy or politician is the ease with which the public is played for fools with words.…

— Thomas Sowell

The government has brought on the housing problem, partly by these very low interest rates, which encouraged many people to go way…

— Thomas Sowell

Congressman Frank and Senator Dodd wanted the government to push financial institutions to lend to people they would not lend to otherwise,…

— Thomas Sowell

One of the biggest reasons for higher medical costs is that somebody else is paying those costs, whether an insurance company or…

— Thomas Sowell

The difference is that we have the hardest and most painful evidence that there was a Holocaust. But, for the global warming…

— Thomas Sowell

Having spent years ruining the housing markets with their interference, leading to a housing meltdown that has taken the whole economy down…

— Thomas Sowell

Everyone should be concerned about Internet anarchy in which anybody can pretend to be anybody else, unless something is done to stop…

— Thomas Sowell

It is fascinating to watch politicians come up with 'solutions' to problems that are a direct result of their previous solutions. In…

— Thomas Sowell

Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.

— Thomas Sowell

...Politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe.

— Thomas Sowell

Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent…

— Thomas Sowell

Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with…

— Thomas Sowell

Whether as a radical student, a community organizer or a far left politician, Barack Obama's ideology has been based on a vision…

— Thomas Sowell

Barack Obama's vision of America is one in which a President of the United States can fire the head of General Motors,…

— Thomas Sowell

In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in…

— Thomas Sowell

Politicians are forever coming up with 'solutions' to virtually every imaginable imperfection in life. But, if we give them more power and…

— Thomas Sowell

Egalitarians create the most dangerous inequality of all - inequality of power. Allowing politicians to determine what all other human beings will…

— Thomas Sowell

The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for…

— Thomas Sowell

What 'eminent domain' laws mean in practice is that politicians have a right to seize your property and turn it over to…

— Thomas Sowell

Someone once said that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. That may have been true when he said it, but…

— Thomas Sowell

Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete…

— Thomas Sowell

The most politically painless way to hand out goodies, without taking responsibility for their costs, is to pass a law saying that…

— Thomas Sowell

The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a…

— Thomas Sowell

“The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a…

— Thomas Sowell