More Quotes by Thomas Sowell
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
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.
You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.
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.
When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
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.
Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.
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.
Social Engineering - The art of replacing what works with what sounds good.
