It is so easy to be wrong-and to persist in being wrong-when the costs of being wrong are paid by others. Thomas Sowell More Quotes by Thomas Sowell More Quotes From Thomas Sowell How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on and stop getting swept away by rhetoric? Thomas Sowell heaven long people As a rule of thumb. Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad as legislation that is partisan. Thomas Sowell thumbs partisans legislation Barack Obama has done more than anyone else to promote the dangerous illusion that we can choose whether to have a war or not. But our enemies have already made that choice. Retired Marine Corps General James Mattis said: “No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it's over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote“. Thomas Sowell marine war thinking The poverty rate among black married couples has been in single digits ever since 1994. You would never learn that from most of the media. Similarly you look at those blacks that have gone on to college or finished college, the incarceration rate is some tiny fraction of what it is among those blacks who have dropped out of high school. So it’s not being black; it’s a way of life. Unfortunately, the way of life is being celebrated not only in rap music, but among the intelligentsia, is a way of life that leads to a lot of very big problems for most people. Thomas Sowell rap couple school Even when black youth gangs target white strangers on the streets and spew out racial hatred as they batter them and rob them, mayors, police chiefs and the media tiptoe around their racism and many in the media either don't cover these stories or leave out the race and racism involved. Thomas Sowell black-youth media race People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do. Thomas Sowell business time hands Asking liberals where wages and prices come from is like asking six-year-olds where babies come from. Thomas Sowell liberty baby years There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young. Thomas Sowell dishonorable mislead young Bailing out people who made ill-advised mortgages makes no more sense that bailing out people who lost their life savings in Las Vegas casinos. Thomas Sowell las-vegas saving people One of the bitter ironies of the 20th century was that communism, which began as an egalitarian doctrine accusing capitalism of selfishness and calloused sacrifices of others, became in power a system whose selfishness and callousness toward others made the sins of capitalism pale. Thomas Sowell doctrine selfishness sacrifice Wise men wrote the Constitution, but clever judges have been destroying it, bit by bit, turning it into an instrument of arbitrary judicial power, instead of a limitation on all government power. Thomas Sowell wise clever men It is amazing how many of the horrors of the 20th century were a result of charismatic quacks misleading millions of people to their own doom. What is even more amazing is that, after a century that saw the likes of Hitler, Lenin and Mao, we still see no need to distrust charisma as a basis for choosing leaders, either in politics or in numerous organizations and movements. Thomas Sowell organization leader people Some of the people on death row today might not be there if the courts had not been so lenient on them when they were first offenders. Thomas Sowell might today people In this era of non-judgmental mush, too many Americans have become incapable of facing the brutal reality of unprovoked hatred, based on envy, resentment and ultimately on a vicious urge to lash out against others for the pain of ones own insignificance. That has been a common thread in things as disparate as ghetto riots, two world wars, and now Islamic terrorism. Thomas Sowell islamic pain war As an economist, whenever I hear the word shortage I wait for the other shoe to drop. That other shoe is usually price control. Thomas Sowell economist shoes waiting The greatest danger to the liberal vision are facts about the consequences of liberalism itself and the laws, policies, and ways of life that the left has spawned. That the black family, which survived centuries of slavery and generations of discrimination, has disintegrated in the wake of the liberal welfare states is only one example. Thomas Sowell vision black law Fairness' is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word is a blank check for the expansion of government power. What fairness means in practice is that third parties -- busybodies -- can prevent mutual accommodations by others. Thomas Sowell equality party mean Apparently the only people who are supposed to be responsible are the taxpayers - and they are increasingly made responsible for other people's irresponsibility. Thomas Sowell responsible made people Wal-Mart has done more for poor people then any ten liberals, at least nine of whom are almost guaranteed to hate Wal-Mart. Thomas Sowell hate done people Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export.... Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea -- in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. Thomas Sowell race country reality
