History is the memory of a nation Thomas Sowell More Quotes by Thomas Sowell More Quotes From Thomas Sowell It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all. Thomas Sowell wealthpeopleway The key fallacy of so called gun control laws is that such laws do not in fact control guns. They simply disarm law abiding citizens, while people bent on violence find firearms readily available. Thomas Sowell gunkeyslaw Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination. Thomas Sowell indoctrinationtodayschool What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture. Thomas Sowell western-cultureblameworld The strongest argument for socialism is that it sounds good. The strongest argument against socialism is that it doesn't work. But those who live by words will always have a soft spot in their hearts for socialism because it sounds so good. Thomas Sowell argumentsoundheart If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves Thomas Sowell votinggivingpromise So many idealistic political movements for a better world have ended in mass-murdering dictatorships. Giving leaders enough power to create 'social justice' is giving them enough power to destroy all justice, all freedom, and all human dignity. Thomas Sowell leaderjusticegiving There is nothing so bad that politics cannot make it worse. Thomas Sowell libertarianlibertypolitical You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing. Thomas Sowell libertarianproceduresoutcomes [A]ffirmative action in the United States has made blacks. . .who have largely lifted themselves out of poverty, look like people who owe their rise to affirmative action and other government programs. Thomas Sowell united-statesgovernmentpeople Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism. Thomas Sowell exhibitionismdonepeople Credentialed ignorance is still ignorance. Thomas Sowell stillsignorance In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities. Thomas Sowell meanrealitypeople Being willing to donate the taxpayers' money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is. Thomas Sowell taxpayersdonatemouths What do you call it when someone steals someone else's money secretly? Theft. What do you call it when someone takes someone else's money openly by force? Robbery. What do you call it when a politician takes someone else's money in taxes and gives it to someone who is more likely to vote for him? Social Justice. Thomas Sowell votejusticegiving No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems - of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind. Thomas Sowell politicalnumberstwo Not since the days of slavery have there been so many people who feel entitled to what other people have produced as there are in the modern welfare state, whether in Western Europe or on this side of the Atlantic. Thomas Sowell slaveryeuropepeople In a democracy, we have always had to worry about the ignorance of the uneducated. Today we have to worry about the ignorance of people with college degrees. Thomas Sowell ignorancecollegepeople If we spend our time with regrets over yesterday, and worries over what might happen tomorrow, we have no today in which to live. Thomas Sowell regretyesterdayworry The vocabulary of the political left is fascinating. For example, it is considered to be 'materialistic' and 'greedy' to want to keep what you have earned. But it is 'idealistic' to want to take away what someone else has earned and spend it for your own political benefit or to feel good about yourself. Thomas Sowell vocabularypoliticalmoney
