--- title: "7 Voting Quotes By Thomas Sowell" description: "7 Voting quotes by Thomas Sowell. Plus more from Thomas Sowell and more Voting sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/thomas-sowell-247_america_any-politician-who-can-be-elected-only-b_529350.jpg" --- > [Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/any-politician-who-can-be-elected-only-by-turning-americans-against/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/thomas-sowell-247_america_any-politician-who-can-be-elected-only-b_529350.jpg) > [More frightening to me than any policy or politician is the ease with which the public is played for fools with words.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/more-frightening-to-me-than-any-policy-or-politician-is-the-ease-with/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa2/thomas-sowell-247_ballots_more-frightening-to-me-than-any-policy-o_817730.jpg) > [When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the support of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/when-congress-votes-for-all-sorts-of-benefits-without-voting-for/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/thomas-sowell-247_benefits_when-congress-votes-for-all-sorts-of-ben_1091493.jpg) > [“The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-fact-that-so-many-successful-politicians-are-such-shameless-liars/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/thomas-sowell-247_campaign_the-fact-that-so-many-successful-politic_1208348.jpg) > [When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/when-you-want-to-help-people-you-tell-them-the-truth-when-you-want-to/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/thomas-sowell-247_conservative_when-you-want-to-help-people-you-tell-th_1388825.jpg) > [What does calling this medical care legislation "historic" mean? It means that previous administrations gave up the idea when it became clear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/what-does-calling-this-medical-care-legislation-historic-mean-it/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/thomas-sowell-247_administration_what-does-calling-this-medical-care-legi_1561471.jpg) > [If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you have no right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/if-you-have-been-voting-for-politicians-who-promise-to-give-you/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/thomas-sowell-247_money_if-you-have-been-voting-for-politicians_2203833.jpg) ## Other authors on Voting - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-letterman-27689.jpg) David Letterman 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/david-letterman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jill-stein-49626.jpg) Jill Stein 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/jill-stein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-suzy-kassem-596.jpg) Suzy Kassem 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/suzy-kassem/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/rush-limbaugh/) - [Raphael Warnock 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/raphael-warnock/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rand-paul-77216.jpg) Rand Paul 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/rand-paul/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dzongsar-jamyang-khyentse-rinpoche-31038.jpg) DeForest Soaries 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/deforest-soaries/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-aberjhani-8924.jpg) Aberjhani 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/aberjhani/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lyndon-b-johnson-62165.jpg) Lyndon B. Johnson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/lyndon-b-johnson/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/thomas-sowell/#itemlist", "name": "7 Voting Quotes By Thomas Sowell", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Sowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/any-politician-who-can-be-elected-only-by-turning-americans-against/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/thomas-sowell-247_america_any-politician-who-can-be-elected-only-b_529350.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/thomas-sowell-247_america_any-politician-who-can-be-elected-only-b_529350.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/thomas-sowell-247_america_any-politician-who-can-be-elected-only-b_529350.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be…” — Thomas Sowell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "More frightening to me than any policy or politician is the ease with which the public is played for fools with words. The latest example is the 'Employee Freedom of Choice Act,' a bill that will do away with secret ballot elections among workers voting on whether to be represented by a union. It is an open invitation to intimidation - which is to say, loss of freedom of choice.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Sowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/more-frightening-to-me-than-any-policy-or-politician-is-the-ease-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa2/thomas-sowell-247_ballots_more-frightening-to-me-than-any-policy-o_817730.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa2/thomas-sowell-247_ballots_more-frightening-to-me-than-any-policy-o_817730.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa2/thomas-sowell-247_ballots_more-frightening-to-me-than-any-policy-o_817730.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“More frightening to me than any policy or politician is the ease with which the public is played for fools…” — Thomas Sowell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the support of those who have been promised the benefits, without getting grief from the taxpayers. It's strictly win-win as far as the welfare-state politicians are concerned. But it is strictly lose-lose, big-time, for the country, as deficits skyrocket.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Sowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/when-congress-votes-for-all-sorts-of-benefits-without-voting-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/thomas-sowell-247_benefits_when-congress-votes-for-all-sorts-of-ben_1091493.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/thomas-sowell-247_benefits_when-congress-votes-for-all-sorts-of-ben_1091493.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/thomas-sowell-247_benefits_when-congress-votes-for-all-sorts-of-ben_1091493.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the…” — Thomas Sowell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Sowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-fact-that-so-many-successful-politicians-are-such-shameless-liars/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/thomas-sowell-247_campaign_the-fact-that-so-many-successful-politic_1208348.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/thomas-sowell-247_campaign_the-fact-that-so-many-successful-politic_1208348.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/thomas-sowell-247_campaign_the-fact-that-so-many-successful-politic_1208348.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it…” — Thomas Sowell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Sowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/when-you-want-to-help-people-you-tell-them-the-truth-when-you-want-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/thomas-sowell-247_conservative_when-you-want-to-help-people-you-tell-th_1388825.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/thomas-sowell-247_conservative_when-you-want-to-help-people-you-tell-th_1388825.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/thomas-sowell-247_conservative_when-you-want-to-help-people-you-tell-th_1388825.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what…” — Thomas Sowell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What does calling this medical care legislation \"historic\" mean? It means that previous administrations gave up the idea when it became clear that the voting public did not want government control of medical care. What is \"historic\" is that this will be the first administration to show that it doesn't care one bit what the public wants or doesn't want.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Sowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/what-does-calling-this-medical-care-legislation-historic-mean-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/thomas-sowell-247_administration_what-does-calling-this-medical-care-legi_1561471.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/thomas-sowell-247_administration_what-does-calling-this-medical-care-legi_1561471.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/thomas-sowell-247_administration_what-does-calling-this-medical-care-legi_1561471.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What does calling this medical care legislation \"historic\" mean? It means that previous administrations gave…” — Thomas Sowell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Sowell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/if-you-have-been-voting-for-politicians-who-promise-to-give-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/thomas-sowell-247_money_if-you-have-been-voting-for-politicians_2203833.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/thomas-sowell-247_money_if-you-have-been-voting-for-politicians_2203833.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/thomas-sowell-247_money_if-you-have-been-voting-for-politicians_2203833.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you…” — Thomas Sowell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/thomas-sowell/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/thomas-sowell/", "name": "Voting Quotes by Thomas Sowell", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/thomas-sowell/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/thomas-sowell-247_america_any-politician-who-can-be-elected-only-b_529350.jpg" }, "description": "7 Voting quotes by Thomas Sowell. Plus more from Thomas Sowell and more Voting sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/thomas-sowell/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/thomas-sowell/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Voting", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Thomas Sowell", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/voting/thomas-sowell/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```