All Thomas Sowell Quotes
- The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best. Basic
- Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality. Called
- One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring. Caring
- People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do. Business
- Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within… All
- Mistakes can be corrected by those who pay attention to facts but dogmatism will not be corrected by those who are wedded to a vision. Attention
- Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life. Been
- If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win. Barbarians
- Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination. Education
- There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously. Anonymously
- The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state. Depend
- People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a… Charity
- All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts. All
- Being willing to donate the taxpayers' money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is. Donate
- Groups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow. Ethnic
- Our schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do. Cannot Feel
- The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a… Adage
- A shortage is a sign that somebody is keeping the price artificially lower than it would be if supply and demand were allowed to operate… Allowed
- Few professors would dare to publish research or teach a course debunking the claims made in various ethnic, gender, or other 'studies' courses. Claims
- Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all. All
- A moral monopoly is the antithesis of a marketplace of ideas. Antithesis
- It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all. All
- Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok? Academics
- Over the generations, black leaders have ranged from noble souls to shameless charlatans. Black
- Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do… Belong