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Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell
American Economist
Born: Jun 30, 1930
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Related authors: Alan Greenspan Herbert A. Simon John Kenneth Galbraith Milton Friedman Paul A. Volcker Peter Navarro Richard Thaler Robert Reich
As for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking. Thomas Sowell
Hope Will Gun Gun Control Whatever Control Thinking Slightest No Hope Facts Make Advocate Dent Any Lack
Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders. Thomas Sowell
Day Big Few Politicians Pay Our April Discourage Few Things Being After Might Taxes Held Elections Should Income Things
Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. Thomas Sowell
Good History World Three Past Has-Been Over Been Western Western World Replacing Decades Social Worked Much
The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings. Thomas Sowell
People Holding Meetings Favor Most Least Productive Who
In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected. Thomas Sowell
Life Money Will Unfair Politicians Increase Liberal Spend Ways Logic More Over Answer Getting Tax Tax Money Turn Then Chances
One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them. Thomas Sowell
Failure Trust People Dangerous Other Honorable Thoroughly Some Failings How Common Dishonorable Them Among Appreciate
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 of America. Put differently, the terrible fate of their ancestors benefitted them. Thomas Sowell
Today People Fate Made Worse Ancestors Enslaved Those Would Born Put Instead Terrible Were Been Off America Africa Them Who Descendants Differently Slavery
Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late. Thomas Sowell
Generation Too Late Before Too Late Must Born Invasion Civilization Civilized New New Generation Effect Little Barbarians Who Each
Stopping illegal immigration would mean that wages would have to rise to a level where Americans would want the jobs currently taken by illegal aliens. Thomas Sowell
Immigration Alien Jobs Would Rise Taken Wages American Currently Stopping Where Want Mean Illegal Illegal Aliens Illegal Immigration Level
Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data. Thomas Sowell
You Strong Gun Gun Control Control Rates Data Laws Only Countries Lower
Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the government did something, compared to what actually happened when the government did nothing. Thomas Sowell
Government Nothing Those Out Something Data Never Cry Did Happened Ask Should Who Even Compared Actually
If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism. Thomas Sowell
You Be Prepared Civilization Force Accept Barbarism Then Use Prepared Defend
Although the big word on the left is 'compassion,' the big agenda on the left is dependency. Thomas Sowell
Word Compassion Big Although Left Dependency Agenda
The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites. Thomas Sowell
Welfare State About Masses Welfare State Egos Really Elites
The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending. Thomas Sowell
Government Spending Rates Rising Rather Budgets Balanced Reduced Real Cover Goal Government Spending Than Achieved Tax Tax Rates Should Ever
Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today's problems are a result of yesterday's solutions. Thomas Sowell
Today Result Sometimes Problems Yesterday Out Solutions Seems More Than Closer Scrutiny Turns Many
There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young. Thomas Sowell
Few Young More Misleading Than Few Things Dishonorable Things
The time is long overdue to stop looking for progress through racial or ethnic leaders. Such leaders have too many incentives to promote polarizing attitudes and actions that are counterproductive for minorities and disastrous for the country. Thomas Sowell
Time Progress Long Country Looking Too Promote Minorities Through Leaders Counterproductive Polarizing Attitudes Disastrous Overdue Stop Racial Ethnic Incentives Many Actions
Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help. Thomas Sowell
You People Political Care Believe Assume Liberals Claim Solutions About Seem Particular Want Then Really Help
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
Money Own Mouth Willing Put Same Donate Being Where Taxpayers Your
You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing. Thomas Sowell
You Will Nothing Everything Outcomes Never Until Understand Bureaucrats Procedure
Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life. Thomas Sowell
Life Way Those Struck Misfortunes Making Been Dependency Different Who Helping Fundamentally
Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society. Thomas Sowell
Path Free Free Society Nothing Society Others Framework Immediate Neither Moral Some Without Least Left Sustain Resistance
The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best. Thomas Sowell
Best Shall Most Question Decide Who Basic
President Obama seems completely unaware of how many of the policies he is trying to impose have been tried before, in many times and places around the world, and have failed time and again. Thomas Sowell
Time World Before President President Obama Obama Tried Unaware Seems He Failed Policies Around How Impose Been Times Trying Again Places Many
Do all children have some inherent right to live in America if they have done nothing wrong? If not, then why should the children of illegal immigrants have such a right? Thomas Sowell
Nothing Live Immigrants Some Wrong America Done Children Then Should Inherent Illegal Illegal Immigrants Why Right
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