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Thomas Sowell Quotes


An American economist, social critic, political commentator and author.
Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social critic, political commentator and author. He often writes as an advocate of laissez-faire economics, and his political outlook can generally be classified as libertarian. He is currently a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. In 1990, he won the Francis Boyer Award, presented by the American Enterprise Institute. In 2002, Sowell was awarded the National Humanities Medal for prolific scholarship melding history, economics, and political science. In 2003, he was awarded the Bradley Prize for intellectual achievement.

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There are no solutions... there are only trade-offs.

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People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

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Those who are preoccupied with 'making a statement' usually don't have any statements worth making.

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Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.

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The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.

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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.

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The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.

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I have always been offended by the song that says 'Everything is beautiful in its own way.' If everything is beautiful then the word 'beautiful' has no meaning. If everything were purple there would be no word 'purple' in the language because it would not distinguish one thing from another.

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People sometimes ask if I have tried to convince black 'leaders' to take a different view on racial issues. Of course not. I wouldn't spend my time trying to persuade the mafia to give up crime. Why should I spend time trying to convince race hustlers to give up victimhood? It's their bread and butter.

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Egalitarians create the most dangerous inequality of all -- inequality of power. Allowing politicians to determine what all other human beings will be allowed to earn is one of the most reckless gambles imaginable. Like the income tax it may start off being applied only to the rich but it will inevitably reach us all.