All Thomas Sowell Quotes
- Once you buy the argument that some segment of the citizenry should lose their rights, just because they are envied or resented, you are putting… Any
- When all is said and done, the Constitution of the United States is a set of words on a piece of paper. The only way… All
- The real problem, both in discussions of mass shootings and in discussions of gun control, is that too many people are too committed to a… Allow
- The key fallacy of so called gun control laws is that such laws do not in fact control guns. They simply disarm law abiding citizens,… Abiding
- We don‘t have faith that #freedom works. We have evidence. Don T
- Nobody is equal to anybody. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days. Anybody
- Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected. Americans
- Our economic problems worry me much less than our political solutions, which have a far worse track record. Economic
- The inefficiency of political control of an economy has been demonstrated more often, in more places, and under more varied conditions, than almost anything outside… Almost Anything
- When we hear about rent control or gun control, we may think about rent or guns but the word that really matters is 'control.' That… All
- The murder of a dozen innocent people is unquestionably a human tragedy. But that is no excuse for reacting blindly by preventing hundreds of thousands… Blindly
- If you believe in equal rights, then what do “women’s rights,” “gay rights,” etc., mean? Either they are redundant or they are violations of the… All
- ANYONE who studies the history of ideas should notice how much more often people on the political left, more so than others, denigrate and demonize… Answering
- Racism is not dead, but it is on life support -- kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority… Alive
- One of the reasons for conspiracy theories is an assumption that people in high places always know what they are doing. When they do something… Always Know
- All too often, we do smart things only after exhausting every conceivable dumb thing we could have done. All
- The only thing better than "hands-on" experience is hands-off experience - enough experience to understand that some things will turn out better if left alone. Alone
- If you can't beat them or join them, then do something weird. No matter how much the passengers eat, the weight of the plane stays… Beat
- Deception is one of the quickest ways to gain little things and lose big things. Big
- No individual and no generation has had enough personal experience to ignore the vast experience of the human race that is called history. Yet most… Attention
- Too often the past has been twisted to fit the visions and agendas of the present. Agendas
- In this era of non-judgmental mush, too many Americans have become incapable of facing the brutal reality of unprovoked hatred, based on envy, resentment and… Americans
- All that makes earlier times seem simpler is our ignorance of their complexities. All
- Against the background of the Obama administration' s negotiating what can turn out to be the most catastrophic international agreement in the nation's history, to… Administration
- Everyone should be concerned about Internet anarchy in which anybody can pretend to be anybody else, unless something is done to stop it. If hoaxes… Anarchy