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Off Quotes by Thomas Sowell
- When you start off by telling those who disagree with you that they are not merely in error but in sin, how much of a…
- Politicians are forever coming up with 'solutions' to virtually every imaginable imperfection in life. But, if we give them more power and more of our…
- When government takes away options, it is bound to make some people worse off, even with intrinsicallly good intentions behind that government intervention.
- No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce.
- 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.
- Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements that "there are noneconomic values"…
- 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…
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