Problem Quotes by Thomas Sowell

There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.

— Thomas Sowell

Our national problems usually do not cause nearly as much harm as the solutions.

— Thomas Sowell

Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems…

— Thomas Sowell

People used to say, "Ignorance is no excuse." Today, ignorance is no problem. After all, you have "a right to your own…

— Thomas Sowell

It is hard to read a newspaper or watch a television newscast without encountering someone who has come up with a new…

— Thomas Sowell

The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know…

— Thomas Sowell

Our economic problems worry me much less than our political solutions, which have a far worse track record.

— Thomas Sowell

Stupid people can cause problems, but it usually takes brilliant people to create a real catastrophe.

— Thomas Sowell

Government cannot solve all our problems, even in normal times, much less during a catastrophe of nature that reminds man how little…

— Thomas Sowell

If you have ever seen a four-year-old trying to lord it over a two-year-old, then you know what the basic problem of…

— Thomas Sowell

Prices impose the most effective kind of rationing - self-rationing. Why is rationing necessary? Because what everybody wants always adds up to…

— Thomas Sowell

The real problem, both in discussions of mass shootings and in discussions of gun control, is that too many people are too…

— Thomas Sowell

What is especially disturbing about the political left is that they seem to have no sense of the tragedy of the human…

— Thomas Sowell

The way to get people's votes is to say that all their problems are caused by other people, and that you will…

— Thomas Sowell

The big problem in the long process of dumbing down the schools is that you can reach a point of no return.…

— Thomas Sowell

Knowledge can be enormously costly, and is often scattered in widely uneven fragments, too small to be individually usable in decision making.…

— Thomas Sowell

Life has many good things. The problem is that most of these good things can be gotten only by sacrificing other good…

— Thomas Sowell

Someone once defined a social problem as a situation in which the real world differs from the theories of intellectuals. To the…

— Thomas Sowell

One of many problems with survey research in general is that you can only survey the survivors. In other words, if you…

— 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

Most problems, decisions, and performances are multidimensional, but somehow the results have to be reduced to a few key indicators which are…

— Thomas Sowell

The poverty rate among black married couples has been in single digits ever since 1994. You would never learn that from most…

— Thomas Sowell

The anointed don't like to talk about painful trade-offs. They like to talk about happy "solutionsthat get rid of the whole problem-…

— Thomas Sowell

The reason so many problems do not get solved in Washington is that solving those problems is not the No. 1 priority:…

— Thomas Sowell

Any judicial nominee who has said that the Constitution means what it says, not what judges would like it to mean, is…

— Thomas Sowell

One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most wars, however,…

— Thomas Sowell

One of the problems with trying to help underdogs, especially with government programs, is that they and everyone else start to think…

— 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

In various countries and times, leaders of groups that lagged behind, economically and educationally, have taught their followers to blame all their…

— Thomas Sowell

No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to…

— Thomas Sowell