Quotes by Thomas Sowell
“Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God.”— Thomas Sowell
“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”— 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.”— Thomas Sowell
“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
“The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.”— Thomas Sowell
“I have never understood why it is 'greed' to want to keep the money you have earned but not 'greed' to want to take somebody else's money.”— Thomas Sowell
“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
“Racism is not dead, but it is on life support — kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as 'racists'.”— Thomas Sowell
“If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today.”— Thomas Sowell
“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.”— Thomas Sowell
“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.”— Thomas Sowell
“The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.”— Thomas Sowell
“Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.”— Thomas Sowell