All Thomas Sowell Quotes
- If the truth is boring, civilization is irksome. The constraints inherent in civilized living are frustrating in innumerable ways. Yet those with the vision of… All
- The charge is often made against the intelligentsia and other members of the anointed that their theories and the policies based on them lack common… Agreeing
- Nothing could be more jolting and discordant with the vision of today's intellectuals than the fact that it was businessmen, devout religious leaders and Western… Businessman
- All justice is inherently social. Can someone on a desert island be either just or unjust? All
- It is amazing how many people think they are doing blacks a favor by exempting them from standards that others are expected to meet. Amazing
- You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible. Expect
- Those government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped. Get Stopped
- As an economist, whenever I hear the word shortage I wait for the other shoe to drop. That other shoe is usually price control. Control
- Perhaps people who are gushing over the Obama Cult today might do well to stop and think about what it would mean for their granddaughters… Cult
- Although I am ready to defend what I have said, many people expect me to defend what others have attributed to me. Attributed
- People who think that they are being exploited should ask themselves whether they would be missed if they left, or whether people would say: Good… Ask
- Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. In area… Amazing
- Money goes out first to pay expenses and then comes back as profits later - if at all. The high rate of failure of new… All
- Barack Obama has done more than anyone else to promote the dangerous illusion that we can choose whether to have a war or not. But… Already Made
- One of the big differences between Democrats and Republicans is that we at least know what the Democrats stand for, whether we agree with it… Agree
- If politics were like sports, we could ask Israel to trade us Benjamin Netanyahu for Barack Obama. Of course, we would have to throw in… Agree
- What is politically defined as economic planning is the forcible superseding of other people's plans by Government officials. Defined
- Credentialed ignorance is still ignorance. Credentialed
- Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a good thing to have more of, without limits.… All
- The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that it has made things worse.… All
- A recently reprinted memoir by Frederick Douglass has footnotes explaining what words like 'arraigned,' 'curried' and 'exculpate' meant, and explaining who Job was. Â In… Arraigned
- Whether Barack Obama is simply incompetent as president or has some hidden agenda to undermine this country, at home and abroad, he has nearly everything… Abroad
- In politics, throwing the taxpayers' money at disasters is supposed to show your compassion. But robbing Peter to pay Paul is not compassion. It is… Compassion
- In its pursuit of justice for a segment of society, in disregard of the consequences for society as a whole, what is called 'social justice'… Accurately
- Not since the days of slavery have there been so many people who feel entitled to what other people have produced as there are in… Atlantic