Liberals have been driven to the desperate expedient of attributing . . .social pathology in today's ghettos to 'a legacy of slavery'… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The America that has flourished for more than two centuries is being quietly but steadily dismantled by the Obama administration. — 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
What freedom does a starving man have?" The answer is that starvation is a tragic human condition- perhaps more tragic than loss… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
'Fair' is one of the most dangerous concepts in politics. Since no two people are likely to agree on what is 'fair,'… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Many people believe in eliminating gaps and eliminating poverty. They don't realize that in some sense those two things are antithetical. If… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
In this era of non-judgmental mush, too many Americans have become incapable of facing the brutal reality of unprovoked hatred, based on… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The political left has been weak on protecting society from criminals for more than two centuries. — 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
