All Thomas Sowell Quotes
- Nothing as mundane as mere evidence can be allowed to threaten a vision so deeply satisfying. Allowed
- Where intellectuals have played a role in history, it has not been so much by whispering words of advice into the ears of political overlords… Action
- Fundamentalist religion is the most pervasive vision of central planning, though many fundamentalists may oppose human central planning as a usurpation or "playing God.This is… Central
- Organizational progress parallels that in science and technology, permitting ultimate simplicity through intermediate complexity. Complexity
- The anointed don't like to talk about painful trade-offs. They like to talk about happy "solutionsthat get rid of the whole problem- at least in… Anointed
- Much of what sophisticates loftily refer to as the "complexityof the real world is in fact the inconsistency in their own minds. Fact
- The demands of unbounded individualism need to be weighed in the light of inherent social constraints which can only change their form but cannot be… Change
- A recent poll showed that nearly half the American public believes that the government should redistribute wealth. That so many people are so willing to… American
- You cannot take any people, of any color, and exempt them from the requirements of civilization - including work, behavioral standards, personal responsibility, and all… All
- There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young. Dishonorable
- What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture… Any
- Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that… Bet
- The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead… Africa
- The real minimum wage is zero. Minimum
- Actually lowering the cost of insurance would be accomplished by such things as making it harder for lawyers to win frivolous lawsuits against insurance companies. Accomplished
- Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens. Alien
- Although the big word on the left is 'compassion,' the big agenda on the left is dependency. Agenda
- It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. Considerable
- It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people… Business
- It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay… Administer
- Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late. Barbarians
- If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you… Ago
- One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it… Among
- Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it. Blatant
- People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything. Authority