All Thomas Sowell Quotes
- Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result… Closer
- Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the government did something,… Actually Happened
- Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain… America
- The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way. Any
- Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others.… Best
- Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn means fewer sales of American steel products around the world… American
- I suspect that even most conservatives would prefer to live in the kind of world conjured up in the liberals' imagination rather than in the… Conjured
- The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies and… Benefits
- All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting 'the rich' to pay 'their fair share' is part of a big charade. This is not… All
- Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot… Annihilated
- In various countries and times, leaders of groups that lagged behind, economically and educationally, have taught their followers to blame all their problems on other… All
- Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in… Considered
- The Congressional Budget Office has been embarrassed repeatedly by making projections based on the assumption that tax revenues and tax rates move in the same… Assumption
- The time is long overdue to stop looking for progress through racial or ethnic leaders. Such leaders have too many incentives to promote polarizing attitudes… Action
- Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson's administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's brilliant 'whiz kids' tried to micro-manage… Administration
- Creating whole departments of ethnic, gender, and other 'studies' was part of the price of academic peace. All too often, these 'studies' are about propaganda… Academic
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology accepts blacks in the top ten percent of students, but at MIT this puts them in the bottom ten percent… Accepting
- There is no question that liberals do an impressive job of expressing concern for blacks. But do the intentions expressed in their words match the… Actual
- If you want to get each individual's honest opinion, you don't want that opinion to be influenced by others who are present, much less allow… Allow
- It is hard to read a newspaper or watch a television newscast without encountering someone who has come up with a new 'solution' to society's… Encountering