All Thomas Sowell Quotes
- Immigration laws are the only laws that are discussed in terms of how to help people who break them. Break
- Those parts of history that would undermine the vision of the Left - which prevails in our education system from elementary school to postgraduate study… Attention
- President Obama seems completely unaware of how many of the policies he is trying to impose have been tried before, in many times and places… Been
- The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified. Government
- The most basic function of government is to provide a framework of law and order, within which the people are free to choose. Basic
- It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to words the way Pavlov's dog was conditioned to respond to… Amazing
- If we spend our time with regrets over yesterday, and worries over what might happen tomorrow, we have no today in which to live. Advice
- People who claim that sentencing a murderer to life without the possibility of parole protects society just as well as the death penalty ignore three… Claim
- Consequences matter more than intentions, and not just the immediate consequences, but also the longer run repercussions of decisions, policies, and institutions. Choices
- Most people who read "The Communist Manifesto" probably have no idea that it was written by a couple of young men who had never worked… Boldly
- Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics than any other single misconception. Any
- Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force Antithesis
- With various people complaining about "price gouging... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is never accused of either "greed"… Accused
- Not only does the passage of time produce knowledge, it also produces ignorance... As the passage of time removes people with first-hand knowledge of an… Demagogues
- What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of disregarding facts. Any
- It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves hinking people respond automatically to words the way Pavlov's dog was conditioned to respond to… Amazing
- Someone once said that a fool can put on his coat better than a wise man can put it on for him. The implications of… Agenda
- Military pay has been allowed to lag behind to the point where career enlisted men with families to feed have been forced to resort to… Allowed
- As a rule of thumb, Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad as legislation that is partisan. Bad
- The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish… Adage