Rhetoric Quotes by Thomas Sowell

Facts are not liberals' strong suit. Rhetoric is.

— Thomas Sowell

Envy plus rhetoric equals "social justice.".

— Thomas Sowell

Rhetoric is no substitute for reality.

— 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

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.

— Thomas Sowell

If we become a people who are willing to give up our money and our freedom in exchange for rhetoric and promises,…

— Thomas Sowell

It is truly a triumph of rhetoric over reality when people can believe that going into politics is 'public service,' but that…

— Thomas Sowell

Like so many before him who have ruined countries around the world, Obama has a greatly inflated idea of his own capabilities…

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Study after study, not only here but in other countries, show that the most affordable housing is where there has been the…

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Riskier mortgage lending practices, imposed by government, were what set the stage for many mortgage payments to stop and thus for the…

— Thomas Sowell

Why is history important? Without history, many people have no idea how many of today's half-baked ideas have been tried, again and…

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

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However little president Obama knows or cares about economics, he knows a lot about politics - and especially political rhetoric. 'High-speed rail'…

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Someone recently pointed out how much Barack Obama's style and strategies resemble those of Latin American charismatic despots - the takeover of…

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Most of the people in the upper income brackets are not rich and do not have wealth sheltered offshore. They are typically…

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High tax rates in the upper income brackets allow politicians to win votes with class warfare rhetoric, painting their opponents as defenders…

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“But that such an administration could be elected in the first place, headed by a man whose only qualifications to be President…

— Thomas Sowell