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Would Be Quotes by Thomas Sowell
- Whenever people talk glibly of a need to achieve educational "excellence," I think of what an improvement it would be if our public schools could…
- It is fascinating to watch politicians come up with 'solutions' to problems that are a direct result of their previous solutions. In many cases, the…
- The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation...
- The vision of the anointed is one in which ills as poverty, irresponsible sex, and crime derive primarily from 'society,' rather than from individual choices…
- People who think that they are being exploited should ask themselves whether they would be missed if they left, or whether people would say: Good…
- If politics were like sports, we could ask Israel to trade us Benjamin Netanyahu for Barack Obama. Of course, we would have to throw in…
- Price fixing does not represent simply windfall gains and losses to particular groups according to whether the price happens to be set higher or lower…
- 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.
- A shortage is a sign that somebody is keeping the price artificially lower than it would be if supply and demand were allowed to operate…
- If politicians stopped meddling with things they don't understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either…
More Would Be Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us.… — Julian Assange
- If I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then. — David Attenborough
- I've been to Nepal, but I'd like to go to Tibet. It must be a wonderful place to go. I don't think… — David Attenborough
- I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed… — David Attenborough
- There would be no Sherlock Holmes if it were not for serial publication. — Margaret Atwood
- We have to rethink our whole energy approach, which is hard to do because we're so dependent on oil, not just for… — Margaret Atwood
- There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me… — Chinua Achebe
- If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice. — Norman Ralph Augustine
- What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around… — Saint Augustine
- Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as… — Marcus Aurelius