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title: "28 Should Quotes By Thomas Sowell"
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> [The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-most-fundamental-fact-about-the-ideas-of-the-political-left-is/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/would-you-bet-your-paycheck-on-a-weather-forecast-for-tomorrow-if-not/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/elections-should-be-held-on-april-16th-the-day-after-we-pay-our/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [Think about it: What the busybodies are saying is that third parties like themselves -- who are paying nothing to anybody --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/think-about-it-what-the-busybodies-are-saying-is-that-third-parties/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [A recent poll shows that a majority of blacks, whites, Asians and Hispanics do not think the Census should be classifying people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/a-recent-poll-shows-that-a-majority-of-blacks-whites-asians-and/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/people-who-pride-themselves-on-their-complexity-and-deride-others-for/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [ANYONE who studies the history of ideas should notice how much more often people on the political left, more so than others,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/anyone-who-studies-the-history-of-ideas-should-notice-how-much-more/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/those-who-cry-out-that-the-government-should-do-something-never-even/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [We should listen first and foremost to our own experience We should stop looking for saviors.Society has not existed for thousands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/we-should-listen-first-and-foremost-to-our-own-experience-we-should/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [A recent poll showed that nearly half the American public believes that the government should redistribute wealth. That so many people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/a-recent-poll-showed-that-nearly-half-the-american-public-believes/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [We're not a socialist country, because the socialists believe in government ownership in the means of production, but the fascists believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/we-re-not-a-socialist-country-because-the-socialists-believe-in/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [Once you buy the argument that some segment of the citizenry should lose their rights, just because they are envied or resented,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/once-you-buy-the-argument-that-some-segment-of-the-citizenry-should/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [The promotion of "self-esteem" in our schools has been so successful that people feel free to spout off about all sorts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-promotion-of-self-esteem-in-our-schools-has-been-so-successful/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [The biggest hypocrites on gun control are those who live in upscale developments with armed security guards - and who want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-biggest-hypocrites-on-gun-control-are-those-who-live-in-upscale/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [If increased government spending with borrowed or newly created money is a 'stimulus,' then the Weimar Republic should have been stimulated to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/if-increased-government-spending-with-borrowed-or-newly-created-money/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [Congressman Frank and Senator Dodd wanted the government to push financial institutions to lend to people they would not lend to otherwise,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/congressman-frank-and-senator-dodd-wanted-the-government-to-push/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-real-goal-should-be-reduced-government-spending-rather-than/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/any-politician-who-starts-shouting-election-year-demagoguery-about/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [Do all children have some inherent right to live in America if they have done nothing wrong? If not, then why should…](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/)

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> [American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/american-prosperity-and-american-free-enterprise-are-both-highly/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/all-of-us-should-be-on-guard-against-beliefs-that-flatter-ourselves/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [People who think that they are being exploited should ask themselves whether they would be missed if they left, or whether people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/people-who-think-that-they-are-being-exploited-should-ask-themselves/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [It is amazing how many people act as if the right to free speech includes the right to be free of criticism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/it-is-amazing-how-many-people-act-as-if-the-right-to-free-speech/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [The New York times' long-standing motto, 'All the News That's Fit to Print,' should be changed to reflect today's reality: 'Manufacturing News…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-new-york-times-long-standing-motto-all-the-news-that-s-fit-to/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [We might have been better off if the question of Obama's patriotism had been raised before he was first elected. Never should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/we-might-have-been-better-off-if-the-question-of-obama-s-patriotism/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would…](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/)

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> [We know - or should know - what lies at the end of the road of racial polarization. A 'race card' is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/we-know-or-should-know-what-lies-at-the-end-of-the-road-of-racial/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [Everyone should be concerned about Internet anarchy in which anybody can pretend to be anybody else, unless something is done to stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/everyone-should-be-concerned-about-internet-anarchy-in-which-anybody/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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## Other authors on Should

## 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/)

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