Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowellis an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 June 1930
CityGastonia, NC
CountryUnited States of America
way different helping
Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.
mean people dollars
To the economically illiterate, if some company makes a million dollars in profit, this means that their products cost a million dollars more than they would have without profits. It never occurs to such people that these products might cost several million dollars more without the incentives to be efficient created by the prospect of profits.
eggs long political
In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political strategy, so long as the goose does not die before the next election and no one traces the politicians’ fingerprints on the murder weapon.
art selfish patriotic
Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.
war hate thinking
I hate to think that someday Americans will be looking at the ruins of their cities and saying that this happened because their leaders were afraid of the word unilateral.
ignorance complexity seems
All that makes earlier times seem simpler is our ignorance of their complexities.
giving sides consideration
Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side
government libertarian-party long
What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.
love sex four
Love is a four-letter word, but you don't hear in nearly as often as you hear some other four-letter words. It may be a sign of our times that everyone talks openly about sex, but we seem to be embarrassed to talk about love.
law ideas justice
The whole idea of equal justice under law is completely incompatible with the idea of judges deciding cases according to "empathy".
blood agony agonizing
Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.
jobs mean loss
Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn means fewer sales of American steel products around the world and losses of far more jobs than are saved.
thinking people favors
It is amazing how many people think they are doing blacks a favor by exempting them from standards that others are expected to meet.
racism racist conservative
The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'