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Firsts 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…
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