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First Quotes by Thomas Sowell
- Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for thousands of years. Whites enslaved…
- The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly, and then you give some of it…
- What does calling this medical care legislation "historic" mean? It means that previous administrations gave up the idea when it became clear that the voting…
- Money goes out first to pay expenses and then comes back as profits later - if at all. The high rate of failure of new…
- There are 3 questions that would destroy most of the arguments of the Left. The first is - compared to what? The second is -…
- When Congress gets through investigating Attorney General Janet Reno, will her agency become known as the Obstruction of Justice Department? The civil rights movement was…
- The first rule of economics is that there is an infinite number of desires chasing a finite number of goods, services and resources. The first…
- We should listen first and foremost to our own experience We should stop looking for saviors.Society has not existed for thousands of years because it…
- The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of…
- 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…
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle