When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination. ― Thomas Sowell

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One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again. ― Thomas Sowell

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A recently reprinted memoir by Frederick Douglass has footnotes explaining what words like 'arraigned,' 'curried' and 'exculpate' meant, and explaining who Job was. In other words, this man who was born a slave and never went to school educated himself to the point where his words now have to be explained to today's expensively under-educated generation. ― Thomas Sowell

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I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.

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What exactly is your 'fair share' of what 'someone else' has worked for? ― Thomas Sowell

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One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain. ― Thomas Sowell

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Love is a state of temporary psychosis.

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Whether Barack Obama is simply incompetent as president or has some hidden agenda to undermine this country, at home and abroad, he has nearly everything he needs to ruin America, including a fool for a vice president ― Thomas Sowell

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In the long run, the greatest weapon of mass destruction is stupidity. ― Thomas Sowell

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When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. ― Thomas Sowell

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