All Thomas Sowell Quotes
- There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else. Benefits
- In politics, the truth is strictly optional and that also seems to be true in parts of the media. Media
- In medicine, it has long been recognized that even a quack remedy that is harmless in itself can be fatal when it substitutes for an… Apply
- It is truly a triumph of rhetoric over reality when people can believe that going into politics is 'public service,' but that producing food, shelter,… Believe
- Cheap medical care is one of the most expensive things there is. So long as politicians can create the illusion of something for nothing, that… All
- Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with experience in the… Career
- Politicians are forever coming up with 'solutions' to virtually every imaginable imperfection in life. But, if we give them more power and more of our… Balance
- It is fascinating to watch politicians come up with 'solutions' to problems that are a direct result of their previous solutions. In many cases, the… Cases
- Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are… Blank
- Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics. Anyone
- You may scoff at the Tooth Fairy if you like. But the Tooth Fairy's approach has gotten more politicians elected than any economist's analysis. Analysis
- The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation... Corrupting
- A lot of what is called 'public service' consists of making hoops for other people to jump through. It is a great career for those… Called
- You have to have a sense of humor if you follow politics. Otherwise, the sheer fraudulence of it all will get you down. All
- Congressman Frank and Senator Dodd wanted the government to push financial institutions to lend to people they would not lend to otherwise, because of the… Absurd
- Four things have almost invariably followed the imposition of controls to keep prices below the level they would reach under supply and demand in a… Almost Invariably
- The poverty rate among black married couples has been in single digits ever since 1994. You would never learn that from most of the media.… Among
- The vision of the anointed is one in which ills as poverty, irresponsible sex, and crime derive primarily from 'society,' rather than from individual choices… Anointed
- In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political strategy, so long as the goose does not die before the… Die
- There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs. Inspirational
- Out of every hundred new ideas ninety-nine or more will probably be inferior to the traditional responses which they propose to replace. No one man,… Brilliant
- In their zeal for particular kinds of decisions to be made, those with the vision of the anointed seldom consider the nature of the:Â process:Â… Amounts
- Another way of verbally masking elite preemption of other people's decisions is to use the word 'ask'-as in 'We are just asking everyone to pay… Another Way
- Many of the words and phrases used in the media and among academics suggest that things simply:Â happen:Â to people, rather than be being caused… Academics
- To say that 'wealth in America is so unfairly distributed in America,' as Ronald Dworkin does, is grossly misleading when most wealth in the United… All