In the political language of today, people who want to keep what they have earned are said to be greedy, while those… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
People who thing that they are getting something for nothing, by having government provide what they would otherwise have to buy in… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Much of the world today, including the United States, is still living in the social, cultural, and political aftermath of Britain's cultural… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race? — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers. Unions are for unions, just as corporations are for… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Riskier mortgage lending practices, imposed by government, were what set the stage for many mortgage payments to stop and thus for the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
After the risky mortgage-lending practices fostered by government intervention led to massive defaults and foreclosures that caused financial institutions to collapse or… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“It was in the wake of these erosions of economic controls that intellectual challenges were then made to the role of government… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The most politically painless way to hand out goodies, without taking responsibility for their costs, is to pass a law saying that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
As long as human beings are imperfect, there will always be arguments for extending the power of government to deal with these… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
More frightening to me than any policy or politician is the ease with which the public is played for fools with words.… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
What is politically defined as economic planning is the forcible superseding of other people's plans by Government officials. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“massive role of government in the economy has made politics the pre-eminent route to prosperity, as well as power-whether for individuals, tribes,… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
There are only two economists in Congress and hundreds of lawyers. Does that explain why the government is in such a mess? — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
In politics, the truth is strictly optional and that also seems to be true in parts of the media. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The reason so many problems do not get solved in Washington is that solving those problems is not the No. 1 priority:… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Asking liberals where wages and prices come from is like asking six-year-olds where babies come from. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
People who believe in evolution in biology often believe in creationism in government. In other words, they believe that the universe and… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the support of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When Congress gets through investigating Attorney General Janet Reno, will her agency become known as the Obstruction of Justice Department? The civil… — 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
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
